Can I be charged with statutory rape or other minor sexual offences if I am seeing a 17 year old girl as a 21 year old guy?
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Can I be charged with statutory rape or other minor sexual offences if I am seeing a 17 year old girl as a 21 year old guy?
I am a guy who just turned 21 and am
seeing a 17 year old girl who will turn
18 in about 4 months. Her father found
out and threatened to call the cops on
me if I had sexual contact with her
which we have not at all yet he still
believes we did for some reason. He
apparently hired a Private Investigator
to watch his daughter and the PI saw
her I on the city bus together. He
showed up at my place of residence when
I wasn’t there and apparently
threatened me again and accused me of
sleeping with his daughter yet again to
my roommates who later explained to me
what he said. I do not believe I have
done anything illegal but if he did
decide to call the police on me would I
be charged with statutory rape even
though We have had no sexual contact at
all?
Asked on November 3, 2016 under Criminal Law, Idaho
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You have committed statory rape in your state IF you had sexual contact with her--which includes not just intercourse, but oral sex, too--given that you are more than 3 years older than her at this moment and she is 17. That's the law.
Practically, if the father seems credible and reports that you did have sex with his daughter and the girl does not credibly refute or deny that, you could be charged and arrested--the police act on evidence, and if it is more credible that you did have sex than not, they may take action.
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