3/ Kaplan then recites other legal theories of "battery" under Count One to the jury.
Those instructions contain a much more expansive definition of forcible touching, which would fall short of rape but would allow jurors to reach a verdict of liable.
The jury instructions will likely become public in written form, and we'll [Klasfeld] share the document once it becomes public.
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