Washington Indecent Liberties Attorney

A person is guilty of indecent liberties when he or she knowingly causes another person to have sexual contact with him, or her, or another:

(a) By forcible compulsion;

(b) When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless;

(c)When the victim is a person with a developmental disability and the perpetrator has a supervisory authority over the victim; or was providing transportation, within the course of his or her employment to the victim.

(d) When the perpetrator is a health care provider, the victim is a client or patient, and the sexual contact occurs during a treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination;

(e) When the victim is a resident of a facility for person with a mental disorder or chemical dependency and the perpetrator has a supervisory authority over the victim; or

(f) When the victim is a frail elder or vulnerable adult and the perpetrator is a person who is not married to the victim who has a significant relationship with the victim, or was providing transportation, within the course of his or her employment, to the victim at the time of the offense.

Sexual contact means any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a person done for the purpose of gratifying sexual desire of either party or a third party.

Forcible compulsion means physical force which overcomes resistance, or a threat, express or implied, that places a person in fear of death or physical injury to herself or himself or another person, or in fear that she, he, or another person will be kidnapped.