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Originally Posted by Ammi

..yeah but I don't think a 13yr old is mature enough to make that decision about what she would be 'willing' to do sexually..she isn't old enough to determine abuse, no more than a 9/10 yr old..adults have to determine that for her because she is a child, only they didn't determine it..the judge ruled differently and that's neglect of that girl's wellbeing in my opinion and that's at best..can paedophiles now claim their victims were willing participants..does that make the crime any less...

I'm sure if she did willing choose to perform sex acts on this man, she will look back on this when she's older and realise how immature she was - but at the time I'd imagine she knew what she wanted to do (if that is what happened - there's still every possibility that the prosecutor was wrong and this girl was victimised against her will.) I don't think it's neglect of her well being if that was the situation at hand though; handing down a harsh jail sentence to a criminal when his victim did not feel like she was a victim could just as easily let girls think they can get away with anything, in the same way you get girls who blackmail boys into having sex with them because if they don't, they'll claim that the boy raped them...

It works both ways - this was clearly an exceptional circumstance in any event, I've never heard of a case like this before so I doubt this will suddenly become a defense for paedophiles everywhere.