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Earlier this month, Bolivian prosecutors launched an investigation into accusations that Morales fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl in 2016, classifying the case as statutory rape.
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Carlos Valdez and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Advocates warn that parents can also utilize child marriages for trafficking or hiding statutory rape, per a Tahirih Justice Center report.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
Polanski has been shadowed by another statutory rape case for decades.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Before the bill went to a vote, Boyd shared, publicly for the first time, her own story of being conceived when her teenage mother was the victim of a statutory rape.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2024
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Carlos Valdez and Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Advocates warn that parents can also utilize child marriages for trafficking or hiding statutory rape, per a Tahirih Justice Center report.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
Polanski has been shadowed by another statutory rape case for decades.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
Before the bill went to a vote, Boyd shared, publicly for the first time, her own story of being conceived when her teenage mother was the victim of a statutory rape.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Statutory rape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statutory%20rape. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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statutory rape
noun
stat·u·to·ry rape
ˌstach-ə-ˌtōr-ē- 
: sexual intercourse with a person who is below the age of consent as defined by law
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