07-10-2020, 09:27 PM
(07-10-2020, 08:38 PM)Maggot Wrote: Minors are legally able to consent in abortion and many States do not even say they need parental permission either. It all depends on the circumstances and the persuasion of the judge. They may give consent at 16 to who they want to live with Paternal or Maternal. Consent is a wide road.
I'm not in any way defending the sex deviants here but it is questionable on what is consent.
Yeah, but we're talking about consent in the context of minors having sex with full grown adults.
In some states, there are exceptions for minors who are in relationships with each other or who are in a relationship with adults who are close to their age. That doesn't apply to the charges in this case though.
The legal age of sexual consent in this case's situation would be 18 (for Florida) and 17 (for New York).
In some U.S. states and in the Virgin Islands (the other location where some of the alleged trafficking and abuse went down) the legal age of consent is 16.
So, the then 14-year-old complainant wasn't legally able to consent to having sex with Epstein and/or Maxwell. That's why I don't think it was smart of the attorney to claim the alleged victim agreed/consented to the sexual activity and was thus to blame for any damages she suffered. No so, under the law.