Assault? Really? Give me a break. She slapped him in the face, and he probably deserved it.
Note to self. If Nercousintheservice gets even slightly on my nerves, feel free to slap him in the face.
She started it. She escalated it when she went from words to violence. He didn't deserve a slap, he was being a bit of a dick but you don't respond to people being dicks by hand on face action unless you are an uncivilized brute.
I get the impression from the account posted above that buddy didn't move fast enough for the princess, she started mouthing off and he decided and rightfully so to play stubborn and she got violent. As for as I am concerned the moment she slapped him he would be fully justified to full power punch her lights out.
I wouldn't, not because she is a female but with anyone. I am not a pacifist, I am a coward. However self defense is a right.