Can a 18 year old go to jail in the state of TN for having sex with a 16
Me and my girlfriend had sex and we broke up and now shes is acting like shes threating me to go to the cops now it has been over a month since we did this
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Jonathan Johnson ·
Tennessee statutory rape is governed by this statute:
http://www.state.tn.us/tccy/tnchild/39/39-13-506.htm
In relation to your question, you are only two years older than the alleged victim. To be guilty of statutory rape, in this particular instance, you'd need to be at least four years older than the alleged victim.
As a general rule, if you're about to have sex with someone and you should ask yourself "Is this legal?" If the answer is "no," you shouldn't have sex with that person. If the answer is "I don't know," you should't have sex with that person.
It's just safer that way.
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Claiborne Ferguson ·
No. Not a problem.
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