State would be first in US to ban practice, allowing victims to sue perpetrators
California is expected to outlaw “stealthing”, becoming the first state to make it illegal to remove a condom without verbal consent during sex.
Legislators have sent a bill to the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, that would add the act to California’s civil definition of sexual battery. The bill would amend the civil code, allowing victims to sue perpetrators for damages, but would not change the criminal code to make it a crime that would send perpetrators to jail.
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