Delaware Code § 11-452

Consent of victim to inflictions of physical injury as defense
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In any prosecution for an offense involving or threatening physical injury, it is a defense that the victim consented to the infliction of
physical injury of the kind done or threatened, provided that:
(1) The physical injury done or threatened by the conduct consented to is not serious physical injury; or
(2) The physical injury done or threatened is a reasonably foreseeable hazard of joint participation in any concerted activity, athletic
contest or sport not prohibited by law.

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