Has anyone been following this case at all? I've been catching up.
What are your thoughts?
Is this a clear cut case of statutory -blam!-?
Are they being targeted due to orientation?
If this was a man of the same age as the older girl and his partner was the same age as the victim would the outcome, charges, and media attention be different?
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I think your use of the word victim is misaligned. The legal definition of consent is misaligned with responsibility for ones own actions so there is a time where you are responsible for what you do but cannot give consent to what you do. Enough of that, she was ordered to not communicate. She did. Unlucky.