Okay, I have a question regarding a friend I know (this isn't me). He is in Missouri and when he was 19, he slept with a girl that was either 14 or 15 (I think she was close to being 15?) and they went out for about a year or so. It was the girl's idea to lie to her dad about his age, and my friend went with it even though he was wanting to be truthful - which might have ended the relationship anyhow, which he didn't want. After her dad eventually figured everything out, they broke up but remained friends and still talk and are fairly close to my knowledge, but her dad still dwells on a lot of this stuff and says "I should have taken him to jail" and things like that. From what I can see, the age of consent in MO is 14 as long as you're not 21 or over, which he wasn't. After they were split up, she would steal her sisters car and come over, and finally he had to tell her to stop coming over until she was 17 because he was risking legal problems, and she kept coming over a while after that.
It's been 5 years since all of this happened, and my friend just fears one day they might try to persue charges because they are short of money and my friend's gone on to find a decent job and has made a lot of improvements in his life (he admits this was a HUGE mistake). She's been with various other guys and has a child from one of them as well.
I'm just wondering if they would even have a chance for a case or not given it seems the age of consent is 14 in Missouri. He wasn't over 21 as I'm almost positive he had already stopped things with her by then. (He was glad when they broke up) Aside from how he made an obvious mistake, are there any thoughts on this?
It's been 5 years since all of this happened, and my friend just fears one day they might try to persue charges because they are short of money and my friend's gone on to find a decent job and has made a lot of improvements in his life (he admits this was a HUGE mistake). She's been with various other guys and has a child from one of them as well.
I'm just wondering if they would even have a chance for a case or not given it seems the age of consent is 14 in Missouri. He wasn't over 21 as I'm almost positive he had already stopped things with her by then. (He was glad when they broke up) Aside from how he made an obvious mistake, are there any thoughts on this?