I think each state has their own standards of what qualifies as sexual assault.
Federal government has their own standards, too.
And what about true sexual assault victims? They see this woman making a charge of sexual assault while they truly suffered an assault of a sexual nature, and her allegation diminishes the severity of what they went through.
Briefly (and if happened, inadvertently) touching a rear-end versus physically assaulting a women are the same?
What next, throwing someone in jail for brushing against some woman in a crowded bar is sexual assault. . . oh, that’s right, that actually happened in Dubai (and that was a male brushing against another male).
There are different degrees of sexual assault.
William Hayden is serving multiple life sentences in Angola right now due to sexual assault on minors.
Not sure what your point is, it’s a serious crime.