"I would imagine that if you polled most people on whether it was okay to record an unconscious naked person in their home and spread the video on a social media platform you'd be met with resounding "Hell No!" answers. However, that gutcheck assumption got questioned in October when a DoorDasher accused a man of sexual assault for deliberately passing out in what would be the deliverer's direct line of sight. The internet has been ablaze with the fact pattern. Since the order just asked for the food to be delivered at the door, did the food deliverer actually need to be in the line of sight? Was the man a pervert or did he just get too drunk in the comfort of his own home, order some food to sober up, and pass out during the wait? Was there a cognizable indecent exposure charge somewhere in all of this, even if he was in his own home? DoorDash responded by cancelling both the DoorDasher's and customer's access to the platform - was that the right thing to do? While there are still many questions, there's been a decisive development: the DoorDasher was charged with two felonies over the weekend:"
"DoorDash delivery girl has been arrested on 2 felony charges after recording a man passed out with his pants down in his home and posting it on TikTok during a food delivery. She is being charged with unlawful surveillance and dissemination of surveillance images https://t.co/rMntkpIxFr pic.twitter.com/IfEQ3fAcSf- FearBuck (@FearedBuck) November 16, 2025"
"And while the comments surrounding what happened and how the DoorDasher responded used a lot of legal sounding language (many of the people talking about the video gravitated toward using the word assault), a much smaller amount of people saying what did or didn't happen showed a familiarity with the law. A few, namely the public defense attorney with the handle @giancrstesq, covered the case as it developed and were unsurprised with how it has played out so far:"
A DoorDasher filmed an unconscious, partially undressed customer inside his home and posted the footage on TikTok. The delivery platform cancelled both the deliverer's and the customer's access. Public reaction split over whether the deliverer needed to be within the direct line of sight and whether the customer committed indecent exposure in his own home. Lawful definitions of assault, privacy, and surveillance became central questions. Prosecutors charged the deliverer with unlawful surveillance and dissemination of surveillance images. Some criminal-defense observers said the legal outcomes matched predictable statutory interpretations.
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