Around 10 months ago, my brother and I recently got into a fight. Both of us were living in our parents’ house at the time but have since left.
During the fight, he “hugged” me but squeezed me so hard to the point he left bruises. He also slammed me against the door as well.
I have a picture of one bruise on my arm but nothing else from when it happened but I want to know what would happen if I tried pressing charges for it reasonably soon.
Our parents also witnessed the immediate aftermath, or the moment right when he took his hands off me.
I talked to a friend in law school and she said that my testimony alone is technically evidence but in the “real world setting,” usually non sexual cases that aren’t reported with hard proof are often denied prosecution so I wanted to ask here and see what you all thought.
I have confirmed it’s within statute of limitations but am wondering what the process would be, likelihood of charges sticking, etc.
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You’re going to get the same answers as last time.
I would show up, give you a case number, and leave. It would never go to a prosecutor due to lack of evidence.
I would question WHY you want something done NOW and not then. This seems retaliatory, like something else happened between then and now.
You already asked this question in another forum, and we told you, you can’t press charges for this. You should’ve called 10 months ago when it happened. Asking on another group isn’t going to give you different answer.
What will happen is a report will be made, and the case will be closed due to no evidence…. And you reporting it 10 months later.
If you STILL don’t believe us, go ahead and try and press charges and find out for yourself since you seem to think you’ll get a different outcome.