DeMoN said:
So was this statutory or not? From reading the article, it seems like the girl actually agreed to this shit. With a single mother who's never home, it doesn't really surprise me.
Well, if we're going to play devil's advocate...
She gave him her home address.
He slept with her on 3 separate occasions in 3 different areas.
The only reason her mother found out was because she caught her texting the guy on her cellphone which we can assume happened after the above happened.
All signs point to her agreeing to the events.
Of course, that brings up the whole age of consent argument and how she'd be too young to consent or how the man was taking advantage of a situation, but that's a whole other can of worms.
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Oh, and if we're disregarding the moral issue and just looking at the legal issue then yes, this was completely illegal.
Age of consent is 18 no matter where you are if you go from one state to another if I recall.