What are the Chances of Being Charged With Battery After a Domestic Incident

My question involves criminal law for the state of: Missouri,

So Friday night my and my bfs ex girlfriend/babymama got into an argument online because she was telling ALL of my personal business online about how I'm pregnant with a 34 year old and I'm only 18 and I'm dirty all this stuff. And she's constantly been calling my bf asking about me and talking about me. I made a post asking that if she need to speak to me or had any questions she can give me her location and we can talk I specifically said let's talk. She kept saying she was east of town I told her I was told she lived by this store and she told me that they were pointing me in the right direction. Mind you I am pregnant and me and this girl new each other before I started a relationship with her ex we were cool a few years back bc she use to date my brother. So the next morning at about 9 or 10 I went to her neighborhood with hopes that she would talk to me.

I didn't even pull into her driveway bc I wasn't sure were exactly she stayed so I parked on the side of the street but I guess she was expecting me and saw me pull up because before I even got out of the car she came outside into the street (she had on sweat pants, her hair was up in a bun, and tennis shoes she looked like she wanted to fight) we started talking for a while and her best friend, her best friends brother, and some old lady was all there and I was there by myself and just my cousin. But her best friend kept telling me to hit her and I specifically said I'm not going to hit her. We kept talking and then things got more heated and she swung on me first! We start fighting (I know how to fight) and I guess she got hurt pretty bad she had to go to the hospital later. I had just two cute in my face under right next to my eyes. But apparently she has cuts on her face and she dislocated a shoulder. And they told the cops that she got the cuts because I HAD A KNIFE I never had a knife we were fighting on the concret ground in the middle of the street I have two cuts too on my face. It's not my fault she swung on a pregnant lady and can't fight. Now the cops went to my moms house and said that they haven't charged me but if I don't talk to them they will.

The only person I have to defend me as a witness is my cousin and I know all of her friends that were there with them ar going to lie on me and say I had a knife when I didn't. She told me the General area were she lived "Out East" in a post comment on Facebook Friday night I told her somebody mentioned she lived next to Ashley furniture and she said "they pointing you in the right direction" if I wanted to fight her I could've went out there that Friday night when she told me this instead of waiting until Saturday morning at 10am when it's snowing outside so obviously I was just coming to talk. And I didn't even know where her house was I parked my car on the street and she came outside before I even got out the car. But this is not the first time she's attacked me back in July at a night club her and her best friend who was also there at this incident jumped me and the 3rd friend maced me and two other friends that I was with. I was maced & jumped by the two of them and my other friends were just maced but one of them had to go to the emergency room to have her eyes flushed out. And that's TWO witnesses to her attacking me back in July also I have screenshots of a post back in August were she said she was going to "smack the **** out of me".

I know these things happened a while back but they have to be proof to show that she has a history of aggression towards me. I mean if they want to arrest me on something simple assault is all they got but she should be arrested on the same thing. I have a cut on my face as well just because I'm a better fighter than her and she swung on me first WHEN WE WERE NOT ON HER PROPERTY WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET and she came outside to me I never even stepping foot in front of her house in the driveway knocked on the door anything. She also to my knowledge has a history of false reports in 2015 she filed an order of protection against her then boyfriend/baby father my current bf and said he shoves her and pushes her in to things but the order of protection was never given it was dismissed because she's a liar.


And just to clarify I'm not saying I'm trying to use self defense and she should be charged too. I'm simply explaining the situation that happened. Her friend kept shelling at me to hit her and I specifically told her I was not going to hit her. And didn't until she hit me. Yes, she supossedly has cuts on her face... is what I was told I have cuts too. Idk how severe hers look or are but when you have stiletto acrylic nails what do you expect! I'm just trying to figure out how I can prove that I didn't have a knife and show she has a history as I stated before of aggression towards me. She knew I was pregnant and still swung on me she's jumped me before so...

The chances are anywhere between 0-100%. The crystal ball is in the shop and the last person to borrow the Magic 8-Ball never returned it.

Crystal ball is hazy. If you are approached by the police, decline to speak without an attorney. The "she should be charged, too" argument will not get you off (nor necessarily get her charged).

When you beat somebody up in public so badly that they require emergency medical treatment, the police become involved, the other person claims you attacked her with a knife, and she has cuts that appear to be inflicted with a knife, you don't actually need a magic 8-ball to know that the odds of being charged with a crime are very high. "She swung on me first" does not transform putting somebody into a hospital into 'self-defense', even if we overlook the knife allegation. It's time to get a lawyer.

Retaliation is not self-defense. She hit me first isn't any more of a defense now than it was when you were six.

I'm not saying I'm using self defense as defense I'm was simply explains the story and what happened.

Why didn't you just ignore her? Why are you giving into what she wants? She wants to rile you up. She wanted you to fight her. And you're pregnant and fighting people???? Really? Why would you even risk your pregnancy over some juvenile bullshit like that? The fact you included "I know how to fight" really doesn't help you at all.

You don't have to talk to the police and you can tell them that you won't talk to them until you retain a lawyer.

It's up to the DA to file charges if he/she deems fit after being presented with the evidence from the investigation. If there are conflicting stories it's not going to be very easy to file charges.

Here's what you need to do - grow up. Stop getting into fights. Take care of your fetus so that you can end up having a healthy child. Worry about yourself. WHO CARES what some dumb girl says about you on Facebook? Who cares? Are you guys in high school? People talk shit about me on Facebook and guess what I do? Block. Ignore. I don't care what some petty ass bitch says about me. You should just worry about yourself. That's hindsight and you can't change it.

There's a chance you could get charged - and then you can fight it in court. You have a witness. They have witnesses. You see where it goes. I would go find lawyers who give free consultations and get some advice from them even if you can't afford to hire one. Many do free consultations.

So... I am not claiming self defense, because I admit that it wasn't. But, I am claiming I knowingly and willingly beat her and I am willing to give enough specifics to have this used against me If she or anybody who may be willing to use this against me, on a public forum, just to get my side of the story out? Got it.

You don't have any right to present "your side of the story" until you are charged. On the contrary, your side of the story CAN be used against you if you keep shooting your mouth off. Keep it zipped. If the police come (or you get charged), get a lawyer.