Sarah Joined a Religious Cult While a Student at College

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Multiple Choice

Sarah joined a religious cult while a student at college.Her father hired a deprogrammer who spent several weeks with her, during which they occasionally went on outings.After Sarah met with her boyfriend one weekend, she rejoined the cult and sued her father and the deprogrammer for false imprisonment.In this case:

• A)Sarah will win because this is clearly false imprisonment.
• B)Sarah will lose because she had a reasonable means of escaping and voluntarily consented to the confinement.
• C)Sarah has committed the tort of abuse of process.
• D)Sarah's parents are guilty of intrusion but not of false imprisonment.

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