Oregon Case Expands Definition of Sexual Assault

Adam Serafin, 26, has made a little of legal history in the most disgusting possible way. He was convicted of third-degree sexual abuse in Texas without any skin-on-skin contact as previously required. He was found guilty of masturbating on a friend’s wife in December. It is a ruling that could have significance in other cases.


Polk County Circuit Judge Fred Avera held that semen constitutes a “sexual or intimate part of the defendant” — not an unreasonable position except that the law refers to “body parts” coming into contact. However, the question is whether this would extend to other bodily fluids like saliva. We recently saw a major sentence handed down based on the use of saliva to assault an officer by an HIV-positive individual, click here.

Serafin was invited to sleep over with a long-time friend. There was drinking and all three slept in the living room after watching football. The wife, 41, routinely slept on the living room recliner because of a health problem that requires her to be on oxygen. She has trouble walking. About 3 a.m., the woman awoke when she felt something and found Serafin masturbating on her.

The defense had argued that semen is not a “body part” under the law.

Serafin will be required to register as a sex offender, something he wouldn’t have had to do with a harassment or disorderly conduct conviction.

Recently, there have been a number of masturbation cases on airlines, here, and even a prison, here.

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4 Responses to “Oregon Case Expands Definition of Sexual Assault”


  1. 1 telbin 1, May 20, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    It turns out parents were right about kids of liberals.

    These kids have become the people those parents warned others about.

  2. 3 dougfir 1, May 25, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    First of all, this event took pace in Dallas OREGON, not Texas!
    Teblin~ This young man’s parents are NOT liberals. It is absurd to assume these things just because he has long hair in the photo! I was friends with him six years ago and he actually went to a private Christian High School. His younger sister passed away in a car accident 3 years ago. He’s a good man with a possible drinking problem. No more, no less. Anyone who’s had to much to drink on at least one occasion knows that we often do things we regret. All ethics are null and void. I will be praying for him and his family.

  3. 4 Heather 1, May 27, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    Check your facts, man! It is Dallas, Oregon.


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