Talk:Seddie/@comment-24134478-20150715033307/@comment-3247345-20150716003727

The legal issues are much more complex than any of you are making them out to be. First of all if someone is charged with spitting or licking food the charge in question is usually assault. Whether the offender is an employee or not has has nothing to do with anything so it's a bogus distinction. Second there generally has to be intent to cause harm or offense to the victim. This is the element a prosecutor would have difficulty proving, especially against a high powered defense attorney that Ariana would surely hire if he/she did decide to charge. The actual damage done would probably determine the type of assault charge, whether is a felony or not, etc. This varies by state as well. The other conceivable charge would be reckless endangerment but they would have to prove she knew the dangers of doing that and did it anyway, something else that would be tough to prove. Long story short what she did was potentially criminal but it would be a hard case to prove and I certainly understand the decision not to charge her given the amount of harm and the likelihood of success.