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Friday February 10, 2012
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i am 15 and my boyfriend is 18
Oregon
I am 15 and I am in current legal trouble with other stuff, and my mom told the detective about my 18 year old boyfriend. We are not currently having sex due to the law. But when the detective asked me if we where i answered "we have not had sex in the past 2 months" which was before he turned 18. Now the detective is pursuing charges against him, not my mom. What can my boyfriend do so we can still be together and him not go to jail? This will undoubtedly not be what you want to hear and I am sorry in advance for that. If your boyfriend is facing charges for having sexual relations with someone under the age of 16, it could be a very serious situation for him legally. He is a legal adult and could face serious consequences in the adult justice system if he continues to see you socially. The best thing both of you can do to not further complicate the problem is to separate and not see each other until the legal matters are resolved. In the state of Oregon, the law stipulates that a person under the age of 16 is "legally" not capable of giving consent to have sexual intercourse. All of these types of cases are different and have different outcomes based on their own unique circumstances, but from what we've seen in our research with Oregon cases where the age difference is "more" than three years, and especially if a pregnancy occurs,(which is obvious proof of sexual intercourse), we see charges and convictions under statute 163.355 (outlined below). If the age difference is less than three years, there are a variety of outcomes in these cases that take into account the details/evidence and backgrounds or criminal history of person(s) being charged. We see convictions under both misdemeanor and felony classifications. Oregon Revised Statute 163.355 Rape in the third degree. (1) A person commits the crime of rape in the third degree if the person has sexual intercourse with another person under 16 years of age. (2) Rape in the third degree is a Class C felony. [1971 c.743 §109; 1991 c.628 §1] Oregon uses a grid to classify the seriousness of crimes. The grid runs on numbers from 1-11. (1) is the least serious and (11) is most serious offenses like homicide. This Class C felony is classified as a (6) on the grid. The source of this information is located at http://www.sos.state.or.us/archives/rules/OARS_200/OAR_213/213_017.html View or save a copy of the Oregon Sentencing Guidelines Grid from the link below. Or, visit http://www.oregon.gov/CJC/SG.shtml for more information. I have read a few of these different posts and their answers and I was hoping to get some information specific to my case. The situation is my boyfriend and I met while participating in the same sport (track and field) We were work out partners due to having about the same level of athletic ability in which he later surpassed me but during the time we became good friends. I started hanging out at his house with him and his family and became fairly good friends with his mom and some of his siblings. About a month ago my brother hosted an overnight paintball party to which he invited most of the track team including my now boyfriend. We ended up kissing at the party but that is it. My mom apparently could tell we had some chemistry and asked about his age the next day after he had left I told her he was fifteen turning sixteen. She freaked out on me..she doesn't even know we kissed. My dad still let me go hang out at his house and we have been dating for a few weeks now and still haven't done anything more than kiss. My mother doesn't know were dating yet because she would probably have a heart attack due to him being underage.. I really really like him but I want to know what kind of legal situation I'm getting myself into. His parents are separated and I am really sure his mom would never press charges but I don't know his dad very well. Thank you very much for any information that helps. Sincerely, Anonymous Post new comment
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I was just wondering if my boyfriend is 18 and im 15 and the law states that it is legal as long as there is not more than a three year difference could he be charged? his birtday is 3 days aftermine so he's almost exactly three years older than me but still not 3