Medical Attention and BDSM

[crazy_grrluk]

A friend of mine was disabled and had a Dom......
she had to go to hospital and there were some bruising on her which the nurses made a note of and asked her family what they were.
they reported the "boyfriend" for abuse even tho she had stated that wasnt the case. ended up taking out an injunction against him.

[Ozme52]

A friend of mine was disabled and had a Dom......
she had to go to hospital and there were some bruising on her which the nurses made a note of and asked her family what they were.
they reported the "boyfriend" for abuse even tho she had stated that wasnt the case. ended up taking out an injunction against him.

I'm presuming she was a minor?

How else can the family file an injunction if the "complaintant" isn't complaining? In the US, even a clear case of spousal abuse requires the abused to file a complaint. Otherwise the police can't act. No matter what anyone else thinks. Only in cases when the adult victim is legally declared incompetant and put into the care of another adult can a third party act on their behalf.

Anyone understand it differently?

[Whippett]

I'm presuming she was a minor?

How else can the family file an injunction if the "complaintant" isn't complaining? In the US, even a clear case of spousal abuse requires the abused to file a complaint. Otherwise the police can't act. No matter what anyone else thinks. Only in cases when the adult victim is legally declared incompetant and put into the care of another adult can a third party act on their behalf.

Anyone understand it differently?

Depends on the jurisdiction Ozma - here there's Zero tolerance and the police automatically prosecute the case

[Ozme52]

Depends on the jurisdiction Ozma - here there's Zero tolerance and the police automatically prosecute the case

Here?

[Whippett]

Here?

where I live (not in the US)

[crazy_grrluk]

I'm presuming she was a minor?

How else can the family file an injunction if the "complaintant" isn't complaining? In the US, even a clear case of spousal abuse requires the abused to file a complaint. Otherwise the police can't act. No matter what anyone else thinks. Only in cases when the adult victim is legally declared incompetant and put into the care of another adult can a third party act on their behalf.

Anyone understand it differently?

no she wasnt a minor. at the time she was 22 but like I say she was disabled.
like i said she was disabled and had home care every day. her parents thought she couldnt make any choices for herself

[Ozme52]

no she wasnt a minor. at the time she was 22 but like I say she was disabled.
like i said she was disabled and had home care every day. her parents thought she couldnt make any choices for herself

Then maybe... it wasn't necessarily a bad choice.

I guess it depends on the specifics.