Laws concerning Statutory Rape in the State of Georgia?

Question

A 18 year old boy was seeing a supposely
17 year old girl that had a supposely 15 year old sister,
and he had met the mother which knew his age and allowed
them to meet and see one another. The girl told him she
and her sister had permission to go off with him and a
friend. They later discovered that they infact had ran
away because they claimed they were being abused by their
father. The youngest said she would kill jerself if she
had to return to him. Well, the girls were lieing to\
everyone about their ages. The oldest was only 15 and
the other 13. Can the boy be charged with statutory rape
if he and the oldest girl had consentual sex even though he didn't know her
real age and she was lieing to him and even the police
and they know that as well?????? What kind of time could
he be looking at?????? And is there any charge for child
custody interference?????? Thanks in advance

Oh and defacs has been brought in and she knows that the girl has been texting the boy from jail and lieing about that. Had the phone concealed in her bra.

Answer 1

16-6-3. Statutory rape.
(a) A person commits the offense of statutory rape when he or she engages in sexual intercourse with any person under the age of 16 years and not his or her spouse, provided that no conviction shall be had for this offense on the unsupported testimony of the victim.

(b) A person convicted of the offense of statutory rape shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 20 years; provided, however, that if the person so convicted is 21 years of age or older, such person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten nor more than 20 years; provided, further, that if the victim is 14 or 15 years of age and the person so convicted is no more than three years older than the victim, such person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Answer 2

There is NO defense to statutory rape except that the act never happened. The 'victim lying about their age is NOT a defense. The parents lying about the age is NOT a defense. The parents permission is NOT a defense. If she was underage and the act occurred, he is guilty of statutory rape.

Answer 3

eehhh your kind of screwed, although the girls could of been lying, you could still get in trouble for having sex with a minor (she pretended to be 17, she would of been stilla minor)