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This document appears to be a page (257) from a book manuscript or draft dated April 2, 2012. The text is a legal analysis, likely by a law professor (contextually Alan Dershowitz), discussing the legal concept of 'mistake of fact' in rape cases. The author uses the filming of *Deep Throat* and a case involving Hmong marriage traditions in California as examples to argue that reasonable mistakes regarding consent should be considered in legal judgments.

People (4)

Name Role Context
Harry Reems Actor
Mentioned as an example in a legal argument regarding consent and 'mistake of fact' in the filming of Deep Throat.
Linda Lovelace Actress
Mentioned as the co-star in Deep Throat; discussed regarding her later claims of coerced consent.
Linda Lovelace's husband Husband
Allegedly threatened to kill Lovelace unless she performed in the movie.
The Author Author/Professor
The narrator ('I') who discusses teaching these cases in a law class. (Contextually likely Alan Dershowitz given the ...

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
Massachusetts Appellate Court
Cited as accepting a legal view regarding rape and mistake of fact.
House Oversight Committee
Source of the document via Bates stamp.

Timeline (2 events)

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Filming of the movie Deep Throat.
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Classroom discussion regarding a legal case involving Hmong marriage traditions.
Classroom
The Author Law Students

Locations (3)

Location Context
Location of the Hmong community discussed in the case study.
Origin place of the Hmong tribes mentioned.
Jurisdiction of the Appellate Court mentioned.

Relationships (2)

Harry Reems Co-actors Linda Lovelace
Filmed Deep Throat together.
The Author Teacher/Student Students
Author refers to 'case I discuss in class' and 'I asked my students'.

Key Quotes (4)

"This decision, disallowing even the most reasonable mistakes of fact in rape cases, opens up the possibility of some very unjust results."
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"Reems could be guilty of rape even though his mistake of fact about her consent was entirely reasonable."
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"In the case I teach, the young woman didn’t actually want to go through with the marriage, and her resistance was not playacting; it was real."
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"The class is generally divided, some argue that no always means no, even in the context of a traditional marriage ritual in which no is supposed to mean yes."
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