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[Brett Sokolow <>]

Hi Stephanie,

If the service was provided, the fee is owed.  Even if not, if the perpetrator was unjustly enriched by the exchange (calling it that only because I don’t know the facts of what happened), or the victim/survivor relied to his/her detriment on the promises of the perpetrator, or gave up on other opportunities to earn money/provide similar services so that he/she could provide services to the perpetrator, courts will usually side with the victim/survivor keeping the money.  What kind of perp sues for return of the money after an assault, though?  This all assumes of course that the underlying service that was agreed to was a legal act…

Regards,
Brett A. Sokolow
Brett A. Sokolow, Esq.
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From: "" <>
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014 at 11:03 AM
To: Stephanie Jimenez <>
Cc: "" <>
Subject: Looking for supporting laws

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Hello Group,

I am working on a case and needed some assistance in finding the appropriate laws to support my advocacy for a student. This student was providing a service that another student made a verbal contract including a payment arrangement with. During the contract the person providing the service was sexually assaulted (CSC2) by the person paying for the service. I would like some help finding the legal language to support that the survivor will not have to return the money from the contract since there was something illegal that occurred during the contract time.

Thanks