2) He didn’t suggest that she be raped”
Bingo.
"Try again."
You have to reread my post. I was replying to an earlier poster, #3. That poster was commenting about Jay Leno's joke, which is the topic of the thread, not David Letterman's. I was agreeing with, and still do, Corin Stormhands.
Having sex with a 17 year old girl is statutory rape.