A judge in Italy has ruled that groping is not a crime if it lasts less than 10 seconds.

The ruling this week was in response to an April 2022 incident involving a 17-year-old student at a Rome high school and a 66-year-old school caretaker, identified as Antonio Avola, according to BBC News.

The woman, now 18 and identified only as Laura, was walking up some steps to class when the incident occurred, the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera reported. She felt her pants fall down, a hand touching her buttocks, and then a man grabbing her underwear, BBC News reported.

See Also:

Scholz: Germany won’t deliver Eurofighters to Saudi Arabia in near future

According to the media outlet, the student turned around and saw Avola, who said: “Love, you know I was joking.”

The student reported him to the police.

Read more: yahoo