What is the legal definition of sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery?
In Virginia, a person is guilty of sexual battery when, against your will by force, threat, intimidation or trick: • S/he intentionally touches your genitalia, anus, groin, breast, or buttocks over or under clothes; • S/he forces you to touch his/her or your own genitalia, anus, groin, breast, or buttocks over or under clothes; or • S/he forces someone else to touch your genitalia, anus, groin, breast, or buttocks over or under clothes, or you to touch someone else’s; or • You are under the age of 13 and the abuser causes or helps you to touch his/her genitalia, anus, groin, breast, or buttocks (“intimate parts”), your intimate parts, or another person’s intimate parts over or under clothes.* In Virginia, a person is guilty of aggravated sexual battery when s/he commits sexual battery (as defined above) and: • You are under the age of 13; OR • At the time the abuse occurred: • you could not understand the nature or consequences of the act and the abuser should have known it; or • you w
