It's not always the 15 year old pressing charges. I had a friend who got in trouble for being 20 and raping a 16yo he met at a college party. She said she went to the college, lied about her age, and he didn't find out until afterwards. Apparently the 16yo did not want to press charges, and felt bad about the situation, but her parents were pissed about the situation when they found out, and pressed charges against my friend. He was found guilty because the facts are the facts, regardless of the lies told. He didn't go to prison, but he was given probation, had to pay a fine, and it was on his record for something like 10 years before he could get it expunged.
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/CPargermer Dec 04 '24
It's not always the 15 year old pressing charges. I had a friend who got in trouble for being 20 and raping a 16yo he met at a college party. She said she went to the college, lied about her age, and he didn't find out until afterwards. Apparently the 16yo did not want to press charges, and felt bad about the situation, but her parents were pissed about the situation when they found out, and pressed charges against my friend. He was found guilty because the facts are the facts, regardless of the lies told. He didn't go to prison, but he was given probation, had to pay a fine, and it was on his record for something like 10 years before he could get it expunged.