For the purpose of getting a protective order, sexual assault is defined as when someone causes you or attempts to cause you to engage involuntarily in any sexual act by force, threat of force, pressure or coercion (duress), or without your consent.1
1 MO ST § 455.010(13), (1)(e)
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