Megan Batchelor says 17-year-old Daniel Davies reached out to her in a direct message on Twitter to identify himself and say sorry.

The real-life scenario I’m talking about is this: A CBC TV news reporter out in the field reporting last weekend in B.C. was subjected to unwanted physical contact from a total stranger – a young man who treated her as a prop for his amusement by kissing her on the cheek while appearing to snap a picture of his crime with a cellphone.

The kissing incident at the Squamish Valley Music Festival came on the heels of a series of events that saw men yell “F*ck her right in the p*ssy” at female reporters on the air.

Batchelor’s boyfriend Matt Sutton also took to social media to express his dismay about “some tool” who tried to kiss his girlfriend on live television.

“I commend her for standing up because she’s in an excellent position to create awareness about these issues that are occurring more frequently and in essence she is educating the public”, she said.

CBC reporter Megan Batchelor reported the incident to police and received an apology from the man. Lama Nicolas has more. “But of course there are people out there who feel I’m overreacting, and I was at a music festival so I was asking for this kind of thing”.

Sexual assault as defined by the Criminal Code is vague, she noted, and largely determined by case law.

Batchelor said she believes Davies is remorseful and has learned his lesson. I was angry and I felt that someone had invaded my space that I didn’t want them too. He wants to tell his story in the hope that he can get people to think, she said, and will speak to the CBC first later on Monday.

Paul Doroshenko, a criminal defense lawyer in Vancouver, said Batchelor’s response was entirely appropriate, and arguably a necessary step to curbing this kind of behavior.

I know quite well there will be those who disagree with my interpretation and opinion on what happened to Batchelor and her reaction to it.