• TherouxSonfeir@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    There’s no need to apologize. You can call it whatever you like. However, legally—the important distinction—the charge would be statutory rape (among others, like trafficking).

    It would also depend on the state. I’m not actually sure where the sexual act took place, but in Florida (where he’s from) the age of consent is 18. Should this have happened in Washington State, for example, this would not be statutory rape because the age of consent is 16.

    Either way, it’s prostitution of a minor and sex trafficking which is equally reprehensible.

    Anyway, semantics matter in court, but we’re just chatting.