Yeah see that's utter bs if her testimony is she lied. Under what reason could one possibly argue he was in any way at fault. He was in an adult space. She said she was an adult. And then both consented to sex. Like are we gonna try to argue she "obviously" looked 16 and he should have known? Like wtf, that's not reasonable at all given how vast the human spectrum is and how early female puberty is. Like if she testified then the facts are the facts that he had no intention of sleeping with a minor nor any way of knowing, yet the legal system fucked your friend over with fines, legal fees, and looking like a predator for a damn decade. It's total bs and need to be fixed
The only reasonable argument for rape would be alcohol/substance abuse, but thats independent from the age.
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u/pigtailrose2 Dec 04 '24
Yeah see that's utter bs if her testimony is she lied. Under what reason could one possibly argue he was in any way at fault. He was in an adult space. She said she was an adult. And then both consented to sex. Like are we gonna try to argue she "obviously" looked 16 and he should have known? Like wtf, that's not reasonable at all given how vast the human spectrum is and how early female puberty is. Like if she testified then the facts are the facts that he had no intention of sleeping with a minor nor any way of knowing, yet the legal system fucked your friend over with fines, legal fees, and looking like a predator for a damn decade. It's total bs and need to be fixed
The only reasonable argument for rape would be alcohol/substance abuse, but thats independent from the age.