Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in California
stagatory rape
Is it against any law for a minor to have sex with a minor?
Asked on 2/09/07, 12:05 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
MARK GEYER
LAW OFFICES OF MARK MITCHELL GEYER
Re: stagatory rape
STATUTORY RAPE! This is considered a sexual crime based upon statute or law having nothing to do with what is traditionally called "consent." Statutory rape is sexual assault. It occurs between an adult (California someone over 18 or an emancipated minor) and a sexual partner UNDER 18. SO, two teenagers, each 17 years old, having sex is not a crime. If one turns 18 during the sex then it is a crime! It is only a crime by the one who is 18, the minor is deemed under the law not to have consented!
Sincerely,
Mark Geyer
Answered on 2/16/07, 6:34 pm