I think something likes this gives the police to run an investigation and get a search warrent on the premises and PC. Also, I think it falls under the same kind of laws that will prosecute a person if they use a toy gun in a robbery. The victim does not know it is a toy gun. The intent - armed robbery - is the same. Now, I would like to see this expanded to those who throw water or pies at conservative speakers. It is assault and could just as well be acid or some other harmful substance.
That’s a good point, but in a case of a sex predator and a “minor” there’s the distinction that the person using the deception is NOT the accused criminal. So all of the burdens of not only proving guilt, but supporting probable cause issues with warrants, weighs in favor of the accused criminal, not the accusers.