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Originally Posted by ysubuck
scooter,
I think we need to take a step back and look at the two situations.
The kid at USC is charged with rape/sexual assault. That is a pretty straightforward charge that carries with it serious prison time. Rape/assault are crimes of violence. That kind of a charge tells me that the girl is saying that she didn't want to do something and the USC kid forced her to do it anyway, violently.
We don't know what Albert Dukes was charged with in the end, but it carries with it a 3 month probation. I'm not anything even close to a lawyer, but that doesn't seem to fit with a rape of a child/gross sexual imposition charge.
What I'm saying is that all things point to the relationship between Albert and this girl being consensual. Is there a huge difference between 18 and 13? The law says that you are an adult when you are 18, but not 17. The law also says that you can go and die in Iraq, but you can't buy a beer.
What I do know is that a 13 year old girl can look every bit of 21 and there aren't a whole lot of 18 year old boys who are going to card a girl that seems willing.
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What he was charged with to get him down there was not a watered down charge. He was accused of forcing a 12 yearold to give him oral sex. That is why he ended up in Florida to fight charges.
What they settled on isn't what I was discussing. Wright's charge could still be lowered to trespassing by next month. I was going off the original charge.