Can I still place statutory rape charges on someone who started having sex with me from age 14-19 and he was 20-25?
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Can I still place statutory rape charges on someone who started having sex with me from age 14-19 and he was 20-25?
When I was about the age 14 I met a man in the military and we had sex from then until now. As of the other night I have cut all ties with this guy because he and his friend had taken advantage of me. Now I am 19 and this man is in his mid twenty’s. I feel that our “hook ups” have effected my ability to have a stable/healthy relationship with another man because he always told me that when I was 18 he’d be with me. I feel as if he has manipulated me into what he had wanted me to be. He was also in the military at the time.
Asked on July 30, 2012 under Criminal Law, California
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
A statutory rape claim is something that is filed by the district attorney's office as part of a criminal matter and not by an individual such as you.
Given the issues that you have expressed in your question I suggest that you see a counselor or therapist to assist you in moving on with a healthy relationship with another man.
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