I
would
imagine
that
if
you
polled
most
people
on
whether
it
was
okay
to
record
an
unconscious
naked
person
in
their
home
and
spread
the
video
on
a
social
media
platform
you’d
be
met
with
resounding
“Hell
No!”
answers.
However,
that
gutcheck
assumption
got
questioned
in
October
when
a
DoorDasher
accused
a
man
of
sexual
assault
for
deliberately
passing
out
in
what
would
be
the
deliverer’s
direct
line
of
sight.
The
internet
has
been
ablaze
with
the
fact
pattern.
Since
the
order
just
asked
for
the
food
to
be
delivered
at
the
door,
did
the
food
deliverer
actually
need
to
be
in
the
line
of
sight?
Was
the
man
a
pervert
or
did
he
just
get
too
drunk
in
the
comfort
of
his
own
home,
order
some
food
to
sober
up,
and
pass
out
during
the
wait?
Was
there
a
cognizable
indecent
exposure
charge
somewhere
in
all
of
this,
even
if
he
was
in
his
own
home?
DoorDash
responded
by
cancelling
both
the
DoorDasher’s
and
customer’s
access
to
the
platform
—
was
that
the
right
thing
to
do?
While
there
are
still
many
questions,
there’s
been
a
decisive
development:
the
DoorDasher
was
charged
with
two
felonies
over
the
weekend:
And
while
the
comments
surrounding
what
happened
and
how
the
DoorDasher
responded
used
a
lot
of
legal
sounding
language
(many
of
the
people
talking
about
the
video
gravitated
toward
using
the
word
assault),
a
much
smaller
amount
of
people
saying
what
did
or
didn’t
happen
showed
a
familiarity
with
the
law.
A
few,
namely
the
public
defense
attorney
with
the
handle
@giancrstesq,
covered
the
case
as
it
developed
and
were
unsurprised
with
how
it
has
played
out
so
far:
The
comments
are
full
of
people
who
shared
stories
of
being
insulted
or
retaliated
against
for
saying
that
the
DoorDasher
shouldn’t
have
shared
a
video
of
some
naked
dude
online
—
at
one
point
@giancrstesq
commented
that
someone
threatened
to
report
her
to
the
bar
for
her
prior
coverage.
Just
goes
to
show
that
the
average
person
should
be
careful
to
get
(and
share)
their
legal
opinions
on
social
media
without
doing
the
homework.
To
summarize
one
of
the
commenters,
there
is
a
difference
between
offense
and
assault
—
a
distinction
that
would
have
been
helpful
to
know
before
the
unlawful
surveillance
charges.
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.