Legal Question in Sexual Harassment in Florida

Re: Stachitory Rape Question

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RESPONSE: This has got to be a scary allegation for you, so even though I am not a criminal lawyer, I briefly reviewed flordia jurisprudence, and it looks as though the statutes seem to require "lack of consent" as an element in order to prosecute a case of statutory rape. Good luck and try to work things out with the family,

Randall Gilbert