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Originally Posted by jms62
Point does Rice have any leg to stand on legally being it appears in the video she hit him first.. That was one troubling video...
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I seriously doubt it. Though the defense varies slightly from state to state, in general, in order to invoke self defense you need to demonstrate that you have a real genuine fear for your immediate safety. I doubt he could convince anyone that he had a real genuine fear from her backhanded slap which appears to barely touch him on the way to the elevator. Also, she moves away from him and goes to the elevator and he follows, therefore, further contact by him IMO really cannot be considered as defending himself from that.
Once in the elevator, it is difficult to tell who is the aggressor, though he does appear to be the one by boxing her in and possibly striking her before she reacts by pushing him back. Sounds like a pretty impossible sell to me from his standpoint.