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>but does getting hugged on a street (not when confined in a car) supports a serious crime claim in the UK or US?

It depends on what that "hug" really was - walking up behind a woman, wrapping my hands around them and grabbing their breasts might be considered a "hug" but it's also sexual assault.

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That's absurd. No reasonable person would call groping someone's breasts a "hug".

Unfortunately, not all people are reasonable.

of course they would, to protect their image, be vary cautious with statements like this

And such a person does not qualify as reasonable.

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