I have to agree with you on that one. My 14 year old son was at a neighboring house with a bunch of friends aged 12-14 (male and female), goofing off, playing video games. One 12 year old girl repeatedly ‘mooned’ everyone all night long, in spite of everyone telling her to knock it off. My son, thinking he would ‘gross her out’ lowered his jeans and pulled the leg of his boxers over, exposing a bit of his genitals for a brief moment (this is in agreement with all the witnesses present.)
We had to go to court for his charges on indecent exposure because one of the ‘mooner’s friends wasn’t quite 12 yet. They also charged him with solicitation because he told one of the other boys ‘Bet you $3 you wouldn’t moon anybody!’ They dropped that one but because of the sex offender law relating to anyone under 12 years of age, they had to find him guilty of indecent exposure. He’s now on the sex offender registry until he’s 30. Seems like kind of a harsh sentence for something the football team did regularly when I was in HS. I think punishing a kid like this for some stupid, thoughtless prank when he’s 14 is a travesty of the sex offender laws.
Oh and yes...the girl wasn’t charged with anything.
I understand. I’ve told the story on here before. I have a friend who has a kid who, when he was a Sr this freshman girl, 14 kept following and stalking him. He went to a dance, danced with her. The next day she followed him at the mall and told him if he didn’t go out with her, she’d make sure no one did.
Long story short, she charged him with rape. Made up a good story too. Because she’s a minor, no DNA. She said so, that’s that.
He faced 3-5 in prison so his lawyer talked him into taking a plea. He got 6 mo in county jail, 6 mo tether.
They later found out the prosecutor was ready to drop charges. She didn’t even believe the story. But he was so scared that he just wanted it over.
He got off probation in Oct of 95 just a couple of days AFTER the sex offender registry took affect. Apparently he has to be on it for 25 yrs or unless they keep changing the law.
I can’t tell you how many jobs he’s lost once they find out he’s on the list.
The girl went on to try and charge another kid later but this time SHE was the one over the age. They just let it go.
He has 13 more years on it. But I imagine by then they’ll have him wear some kind of a RED star on his shirt/license plate/etc...
I remember boys in my class did more than that! I had classmates who were always pulling their pants down and they’d all laugh. Now it’s a sex crime. Who’da thunk!