Woman Charged with Assault for Tapping Muscly Movie TexterS
When you think "assault charge," you probably think someone
getting punched in the jaw, or having a bottle broken over their
head. Not lightly tapped on the shoulder because they're texting
in a movie theater. And yet, here we are.  Texans Dale Fout and
Brenda Godwin were sitting a row apart during a recent
screening, the Star-Telegram reports. Fout was texting. Godwin
didn't approve. So she tapped him on the shoulder—a fairly
standard means of getting someone's attention in Western
Civilization—and asked him to stop. He then proceeded to call
the cops and claim assault.  Or at least that's how Godwin tells
it! Fout claims "She just happened to push my neck at the time
my neck was in an awkward position. Kinda like having a little
fender bender, and you get a little whiplash in your neck, you
know."  As this occurred in a dark movie theater, it's just her
word against his, but it's difficult to believe she was able to
inflict assault-worthy, whiplas