statutory rape??

Question

someone I know got pregnant @ thirteen. She lied and said she was 15. Her bf was 17 at the time. If she charges him with statutory rape what will happen???

Answer 1

he will get into trouble

Answer 2

he will become a sex offender and for the rest of his life every where he goes he will have to register within that community as a sex offender

statutory rape is a strict liability offense so it does not matter if the girl lied has no barring on the charge also her parents or DA without the girl's permission can bring the charge against the boyfriend

no matter what when the girl goes to hospitable to give birth and the hospitable finds out she is 13 and having a child they have a legal duty to inform the police since she is under the age of consent, of the crime of statutory rape which will bring an investigation which means the boyfriend will be a register sex offender for the rest of his life, does not matter if the girl does not want to press charges, the sh*t will hit the fan when she goes to the hospital to give birth

Answer 3

In the eyes of the law, what she told him doesn't matter. The law views it as the responsibility of the older person to be able to know or find out the age of the younger. You may agree with that, you may not, but that is how it is right now.

Second, those above me who mentioned that she cannot press charges are right. Since she is a minor, her parents would have to be the ones to press charges. That decision is totally up to them, regardless of what she wants. They can press charges or not press charges based on what they want to do, not what she wants them to do.

The actual ages for statutory rape will be different from one place to another. Without knowing where your friend is, I can't tell you the exact ages. It is possible, though not in very many places, that 13 is above the age of consent where she is. Generally speaking, though, since he was 4 years older than her, that would be enough age difference for him to be charged.

If charged, he will be arrested and locked up. He would probably be able to be released pretty soon, but that would only be until his trial. Once convicted, he would receive a term of anywhere from a few months to a few years. He might receive probation time after that where he would have to stay out of trouble or risk getting locked up again.

He would also have to register as a sex offender, which would last the rest of his life. He would not be able to have a job that involves contact with children. He would not be able to live within a certain distance of schools, daycares, or any other child care center. Every time he moves, he would have to notify the police where he was that he is leaving, and register with the police where he's going that he is moving in. His name, picture, address, and record would be placed on several websites, possibly the newspaper, the television news, and in a publicly accessible book in the police station.

The rest of his life would be affected because she chose to lie and he didn't want to go through the effort to find the truth. They are both at fault for this, both responsible for this, but since she is younger, he is the one who would be punished for it.

That's what will happen if her parents charge him with statutory rape. Question answered?

Answer 4

Depends on what state she is in. She cannot charge him with anything. Either she or her parents have to file a complaint with the police. The police will investigate and either the DA's office or a grand jury will decide if there is enough evidence against him to prosecute.

He has a defense because she did lie, but in Texas, at 17, he is an adult and could face charges and then be labeled as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Answer 5

It's so typical to take the girls side here.

She lied to him, he had no way of knowing she was only thirteen. And besides, he wasn't legally an adult. Trying to get him on statutory rape charges would ruin his life, and there's NO reason for that to happen.

It's her own dumbass fault she's pregnant.

Answer 6

if he is 17, it is not statutory rape. It is when the incident occurred, not what age he is now.

She can't charge anything - DA's listen to the evidence and decide either by themselves or refer it to the grand jury for possible indictment. Either way , in CA, you can't be charged with statutory rape if you are under 18.

Answer 7

An accused cannot take up a defense that he did not know the age of the victim or that he was mislead into believing that she wasn't a minor. It goes smilier on the lines of "Buyers beware" to put it very simply. Even if you are mislead or have a wrong judgment about the age of the girl it amounts to rape technically.

Answer 8

Umm it doesn't matter that she lied to him, he'll still get in trouble cause he should have checked her id and well obviously she doesn't have one cause she's 13. But the same thing happened to a friend of mine in highschool and he got screwed!

Answer 9

I don't think that she can. He was 17 and both are still legally minors. If he was 18 then she could charge him I guess. She definitely should get child support from him regardless though.

Answer 10

Being that the dirty sl*t lied...she will lose credibility. He's under 18 too...so not sure he can be charged. If she willingly had sex...why would she want him charged??

Answer 11

Did he really rape her or is she just saying that now? You say it was her boyfriend? So that means they dated for some time.. I assume. If HE DID NOT rape her she is a ***** to lie and say he did!!!! That will ruin that boys life. If she was a willing participant, she needs to say she was!!!!