SHOW ME YOUR ERECTION

[Cutz]

However, Virginia, like Georgia, does have a close-in-age exemption, also known as a "Romeo and Juliet law", to the legal age of consent. This provision allows partners who are close in age, or both under the Virginia age of consent, to engage in consensual sex without fear of prosecution under Virginia age of consent regulations.

"Consensual" could be a key factor and doesn't only have to apply to physical contact.

Long story long, I need more evidence before I'm gonna condemn or defend either the police or the male teen.

The LE statement says he was sending porn vids to the girl, and the parents contact them. I would totally understand a charge of 'providing pornographic material to a minor.' Consent or no, probably illegal, and not covered by the R&J intercourse law. Legality to have sex doesn't cover porn images and sexting. I doubt the R&J is blanket enough for that. I'd also understand charges of cyberstalking, harassment, or such charges dealing with the non-consent and her minor status.

What doesn't make sense to me, is that they jumped to the child porn angle. If it's vids of him cause he's 17 and a minor, it has nothing to do with the girl. They might as well charge him with statutorily raping himself. Wouldn't his guilt of making and dist. child porn (of himself) condemn her possession of child pornography? Just very grey if that's the case.

If it's vids of the two of them that he posted online or sent to friends, and LE just found out later in the investigation, it'd make more sense, but it has nothing to do with him harassing her. I wouldn't bury the lede that way if I were LE. Rather than say anything about the girl, I'd focus on the distribution, but they said nothing about that. The only distribution they mentioned was sending her vids.

You're right tho, in either case, more info is needed, and harder to procure in child cases I'm sure. To me tho, it just seems like they jumped straight to the worst charges they thought they could stick. I hope it's not the case, but just a gut reaction. I guess the "show me your penis!" defense ranks right up there with Cochran tho.