Sam,who weighs 250 pounds,calls his 110-pound girlfriend,Alice,one morning while she is at work.He says,"You are to stay in your office until midnight.If you come to my house before midnight,I will make you sorry that you did." Assuming that Alice usually leaves her office at 5 p.m.but stays until midnight that night because of the threat,if Alice files a false imprisonment case against Sam,a court most likely will find which of the following?

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False imprisonment occurs when one person intentionally restricts the freedom of movement of another person without justification or consent. In this case, Sam's threat of future harm if Alice left her office before midnight could be considered a form of intentional restriction of her freedom of movement. However, Alice had the option to leave the office and stay away from Sam's house, which means that she was not completely deprived of her freedom. Therefore, the court is likely to find that there was no false imprisonment in this case. The fact that Sam and Alice knew each other before the incident is irrelevant to the analysis.

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