consensual
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The video also surfaced on other platforms, including Meta-owned Facebook, where some posts used it to baselessly claim that the lawsuit was "fake" and the two had been involved in a "consensual relationship."
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Through his attorney, Jarecki denied the allegations, characterizing the relationship as consensual.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Throughout the seven-week trial, Johnston denied all the charges and claimed the acts were consensual.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
During the summer of 2003, he took a constitutional law class where they discussed the recent Supreme Court decision to strike down the state’s ban on consensual gay sex in Lawrence v.
From Salon • Oct. 16, 2025
Accordingly, Bostick was not really “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and the subsequent search was purely consensual.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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