There are many defenses to assault and battery in Nevada. If the touch was not intentional or not intended to cause harm, it is not battery. If the person consented to the touch, the requirements for the Nevada crime of battery have not been met. Another defense to assault and battery is that the touch was expected. Finally, self-defense may be another defense to battery charges.
If the person claiming they were assaulted should not have felt threatened by the accused based on the facts of the case, this can be a defense to assault. This may be because the accused person and the victim were known to one another, and they had a history of aggressive but playful behavior toward each other. The victim, then, would not be justified in feeling threatened by statements or attempted actions by the accused due to their past interactions which did not result in physical harm (battery).