many people stay in relationships because of fear, or finances have been taken, threats of violence. There are safe houses, restraining orders, but if it can now be called kidnapping, i'm good with that. The police are often called when a person is in the process of trying to leave.
in recent years I have seen kidnapping used in exactly this way. When a girl went to a place but wanted at some point to leave and was not allowed through use of threat or physical force. I have seen it charged as abduction even with a husband against a wife who refused to allow her to leave the home.
Husband takes his wife hostage and locks her in the bathroom. spends a couple of days beating the tar out of her. He can be charged with kidnapping (which is basically a simplified way of saying refused to allow the freedom to come or go at will) and lately you see it more frequently.
This is something I have noticed has evolved over recent years as DAs become more creative in charging and realize that just because someone is in some form or relationship, they
can be kidnapped and held against their will by refusing them the physical ability to leave just as if you did the same to a stanger with no relationship to you.
This is not a bad thing IMO.
I DO believe this case will be hard to prove. Because of the previous consensual relationship, just as with date or intimate partner rape or kidnap, it comes down to she said they said in this case and what a jury will ultimately believe.
This will be a tough case for the prosecution IMO. For the exact same reasons that Intimate Partner crimes are difficult to prove sometimes. Because that is what this case is IMO. An intimate partner case which involves degradation, rape and kidnap.
But like so many others, it will depend on how the attorneys can illustrate their cases.
as usual just :cow: