Ask DrewDevil your legal questions

[DrewDevil]

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While my wife and I were arguing one day she pinched my nipple hard as heck, same with my scrotum, then slapped me 2x pretty hard. I never toutched her back. I thought about calling the police but I figured she'd make something up and somehow I'd end up in jail (I've seen Cops too much I guess).

So what I did was call a couple friends on the phone and put it on speaker and asked her why she slapped me etc. then I asked her if I ever toutched her and she admitted that I didn't.

If we ever ended up in divorce court would my witnesses stand up for anything? Should I have called the cops and what would their options have been?

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Well, if you taped the conversations without your wife's knowledge, you violated federal (and probably state) wiretapping laws, which means the conversation would probably be inadmissible and you could face criminal charges! Big no no.

If you didn't tape the conversation... hmm, not sure about that one. Based on just the definitions of hearsay, the conversations would be admissible, but there might be an exception for... something, like the fact that you set your wife up for this. I don't really know.

You could file assault charges against your wife, it sounds like. Whether or not that's a good practical or strategic move is another question.