Sexual assault

Sexual assault is an act of assault in which victims are forced to participate in sexual activities without consent.

As a part of Crystal Security's gang initiation, new recruits are required to sexually assault a random female passerby from a certain alleyway, one watched by two armed gang members, as a means of acquiring blackmail material to hold against the recruits forever. Janissary James rescued a woman from such a stunt and seriously wounded the gang members involved.

Sadie Endesha was another such victim. Twice during the events of Sadie's Story she was attacked by New Mombasa Police Department Commissioner Kinsler. Although Kinsler's advances were interrupted before they could escalate to the scale of full rape, they were physically aggressive and with sexual intentions, and therefore can be considered sexual assault. For this, as well as numerous other crimes, Kinsler was torn apart by an angry mob.

Vinnevra was often at risk of rape from the male populace coinhabiting Tudejsa. With only her grandfarther Gamelpar to protect her, she was forced to learn to defend herself from rapists. Because Gamelpar was often forced to intervene and protect his grandaughter from attempts at sexual assault, he soon became very unpopular with the local residents, and was eventually forced into exile away from Tudejsa.

Trivia
Jacob Keyes once compared a Proto-Gravemind's assault on his mind to the feeling of rape.