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>>public+(OP)
Assault charges but not physical violence? What in the world? I'm so sorry you got that on your record.

I would look at smaller startups that might make it easy to just escalate to the CEO if you have a good explanation, rather than having an HR department stop you right away.

EDIT: I thought assault meant physical violence, but not harm while battery meant harm. I was wrong I guess?

>>VirusN+A3
Given that urinating in public can result in sex offender charges in some locales, I'm not surprised that you can have non-violent assault charges.

>>jasonp+k4
This doesn't actually happen, it's only possible when there's a sexual component.

You hear the concept a lot, because it's a cover - "I'm on the sex offenders list, but I was just peeing. Didn't realize it was a playground, whoops!" is different from the true "I raped a girl, and despite the incredibly high burden of proof in that charge I was convicted, and now I have to tell you about it because I moved next door."