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Originally Posted by CDSmith
While what the guy did was wrong morally, I think it would be a not guilty verdict.
Reason; They'll take into account the age of consent in her state, his age in relation to that, and also the vital tidbits of her statement such as "I didn't say no out loud" and "he did nothing to scare me"
The only thing he failed to do was coddle her to the degree of asking her over and over throughout the encounter if she was into in and wanted it. No teenager full of hormones making out with another teenager, presumably a hot one, is going to stop unless the girl vehemently stops him and says no with both her words and her actions. Then and only then if he continues is he going to (hopefully) get the book thrown at him.
But if it were my daughter I'd still want to kill the guy. Then again I'm pretty sure I'd have already had the talk with my daughter thus she'd be well aware of when to say no and how loudly to say it.
Not guilty.
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16 is underage in most places.
And once that fact is established, nothing else matters.
She could have begged him to do it and even lie about her age and the guy
is still guilty by law because she cannot "legally consent".
The way the law works; claiming an underage consented is equal to saying the blind guy saw me. It is legally impossible.