It would depend on what your state's laws were regarding the issue of employee's conduct and whether you had proof for your case. Otherwise it could be a "he said, she said" type of situation.
Definition: Not provoked or prompted. Example: The invasion of Kuwait was an unprovoked attack by Iraq.
Something that has been provoked means that it has been caused or led on by something that has been done or said. Unprovoked means not caused by something that has been said or done.
It depends what is meant by "unprovoked". An emu always has a reason for whatever it does, and what may seem unprovoked to humans is not necessarily so to emus. An emu will only attack if it believes there is a threat to its chicks or itself, so stories of "unprovoked attacks" on cars or people are probably inflated. For whatever reason, the emu in question was feeling threatened at the time.
"Not prompted" and "unwarranted" are meanings of the word "unprovoked".Specifically, the word is formed by adding the negative prefix "-un" to the adjective "provoked", which forms from the past participle of the infinitive "to provoke". The resulting meaning serves to emphasize the lack of prior cause to an action, as in "The attack was unprovoked by border conflicts" and "The remote mountain community was unprepared to defend themselves against the valley residents' unprovoked attacks.
Pre-emptive strike
Yes
Malignant Narcissism.
He likes you.
If a guy hits anyone unprovoked then they are either physically abusive or a bully and they need psychological care along with anger management courses.
Unprovoked and a total surprise. Think Pearl Harbor.
aggression
'Ambush' is one possible answer.