How does one use their 5th Amendment right in court?

[dawn of a new day]

Per adventure a young woman is in court and she's being asked about a burglary and she identifies the defendant. Let's say the Defense Attorney wants to use a few side tracking strategies and asking about the nature of the relationship between the witness and the defendant and he asks if they have been "intimate" can the witness at that point say I choose to use my 5th amendment right.

 

[SwiftKnight01]

Yell "I PLEAD THE FIFTH!!!"

 

[frenchy]

Sure....they do not have to answer the question. That is what the 5th amendment is for.

 

[frenchy]

Sure....they do not have to answer the question. That is what the 5th amendment is for.

 

[Teekno]

Only if admitting the intimacy would be implicating yourself in a crime -- such as the other person is below the age of consent.

The Fifth Amendment doesn't protect you from revealing embarrassing information -- only information that incriminates you in a crime.