Chris has committed the tort of malicious prosecution

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Chris joined a religious cult while in High School. His father, Peter, hired a deprogrammer who spent several weeks with Chris, during which they occasionally went on outings. One weekend, Chris ran into an attractive women that he had met in the cult. The women convinced Chris to rejoin the cult. The cult then helped Chris hire a lawyer to sue his father for false imprisonment.

A. Chris will win because this is clearly false imprisonment.

B. Chris will lose because he had a reasonable means of escaping and voluntarily consented to the confinement.

C. Chris has committed the tort of malicious prosecution.

D. Chris's father, Peter, is guilty of intrusion but not of false imprisonment.

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