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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it is kind of flukey but once one person 'ages' out' and becomes 18 in Virginia the 'Romeo and Juliet' law no longer applies and you are back to standard Statutory Rape. Whether or not they prosecute is a different story though.

https://www.sshw.com/blog/2018/07/are-there-romeo-and-juliet-laws-in-virginia.shtml

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This is sort of true and sort of not.  There is not one "statutory rape" statute in Virginia.  The Contributing statute makes it a class 1 misdemeanor for a person 18 or over to have sex with a person 15-17.  The laws making it illegal to have sex with 13 and 14 year olds have a provision making it a much less serious crime if the older person is less than a certain number of years older.  Because neither partner under 18 can violate the Contributing statute, it is not a crime for 15-17 year olds to have sex with each other.  I have never seen an 18 year old prosecuted for sex with a 17 year old partner if it is not in public, if the parents are not complaining, if there's no developmental disorder with the younger partner, etc.  It used to be that oral sex was a felony and vaginal a misdemeanor with those ages, but I think that got fixed recently.

You can tell them it's against the law, but realistically it will not be prosecuted.  But NO SEXTING AND NO PICTURES OF UNDERAGE PEOPLE (themselves or others).  Child porn charges should be your bigger concern really.
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