Unlawful Sexual Contact is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of having sexual contact with someone without their consent. A Colorado tailor was recently charged with this crime after two people reported inappropriate touching while having their clothes fitted. According to the report, the incidents occurred months apart, one with a woman in January 2018 and the other with a minor female in August of 2021. The report was similar – both stating that while getting their clothes tailored, they were subjected to sexual contact. It was not reported how the reports came to light, considering one incident occurred years ago.
Fort Collins Unlawful Sexual Contact Attorney: Definition of Unlawful Sexual Contact in Colorado
The Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Unlawful Sexual Contact – C.R.S. 18-3-404 – is:
(a) The actor knows that the victim does not consent; or
(b) The actor knows that the victim is incapable of appraising the nature of the victim’s conduct; or
(c) The victim is physically helpless and the actor knows that the victim is physically helpless and the victim has not consented; or
(d) The actor has substantially impaired the victim’s power to appraise or control the victim’s conduct by employing, without the victim’s consent, any drug, intoxicant, or other means for the purpose of causing submission; or
(e) Repealed.
(f) The victim is in custody of law or detained in a hospital or other institution and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary authority over the victim and uses this position of authority, unless incident to a lawful search, to coerce the victim to submit; or
(g) The actor engages in treatment or examination of a victim for other than bona fide medical purposes or in a manner substantially inconsistent with reasonable medical practices.
It’s likely that the tailor was charged under subsection (a), as groping or touching an intimate part while measuring or pinning clothing would likely fall under this subsection.
Sentence for Unlawful Sexual Contact by Tailor in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland and Estes Park, Unlawful Sexual Contact is a class 1 misdemeanor extraordinary risk crime. This level misdemeanor is punishable by 6 to 24 months in the Larimer County Jail. A conviction for this crime would also require a period of registering as a sex offender.