I would like to.know exactly how this happened. For example, it sounds like he solicited her to perform a sex act. Sounds like he was an eager participant. Does any of that make any difference legally?
I get the feeling that this was not the first female he had ever tried to get sex from, and not the first time he was receiving sexual favors. Again wonder if legally that makes any difference.
To answer your questions, just imagine that it had been a 17-year-old girl and a 21-year-old male teacher, but that the other particulars of the case had been exactly the same. Now: Do you think that a judge would cut the male teacher any slack because the girl was "willing," or had "previous experience," or had "bragged about it" to her other girlfriends? Can you imagine the statutes in a lawbook prohibiting sex with minors, but granting exemptions because the minor "had already been around the block a few times?"
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