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aardvarc
Or that anyone who witnessed the arrest could publicize it, or that you yourself aren't publicizing it by talking about it, or that you'd FURTHER publicize it by bringing a civil case about other people publicizing it.
Simple fact is, an arrest DID occur, and while expungement processes my be able to hide record of that arrest from official sources getting into the public domain AFTER the expungment, it will NOT impact info that got out into the public BEFORE the expungment (even IF you were able to find them ALL), nor does the expungment impact PRIVATE sources from revealing otherwise factual information. So if, for example, I had a photo of you being cuffred and stuffed in a public place, I could splash it on billboards. See why expungment is only ever a PARTIAL aid?