I have much respect for you from reading you (lurking) over the years, so I think we may be on different pages. Did not see much news today, but I’m talking about Sharon Bialek who said he put a hand on her leg under her skirt. I WAS sexually harassed and this is NOT sexual harassment...HE STOPPED. If something else came forward today, I’m (blissfully) unaware for now...
As an unwanted action, That is a sexual assualt...stop or not.
Sexual harassment can be leering, or verbal, or if a person in power attempts to solicit a grope, look, fling etc, as a condition of employment or a raise.
Any kind of unwelcomed touch, not necessarily of a sexual nature, can be construed as an assault.