Loud Larry Is a Popular Talk Show in Which the Host

Multiple Choice

Loud Larry is a popular talk show in which the host, Larry, likes to take a confrontational approach to interviewing his guests. Larry is a smoker. He invites Alice, a well-known anti-smoking advocate, to be on his show. During the course of the interview, Larry attempts to demonstrate the harmless effects of passive smoking by blowing smoke directly at Alice's face even after she resisted. Which of the following is most likely to be true if Alice decides to press charges against Larry?

A) Larry may be liable for battery.
B) Larry will not be liable for battery because he did not touch her body.
C) Larry may be liable for false imprisonment.
D) Larry will be liable for defamation.