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L.A. school district claimed girl consented to sex with teacher
Source: Reuters
L.A. school district claimed girl consented to sex with teacher
BY STEVE GORMAN
LOS ANGELES Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:39pm EST
(Reuters) - The Los Angeles Unified School District has come under fire from legal experts for asserting in court that a 14-year-old girl had consented to sex with her teacher and for introducing her sexual history in response to a lawsuit brought by the student.
A number of legal scholars and attorneys specializing in sex abuse cases said the argument that the girl bore some responsibility for the affair was at odds with the minimum age of consent - 18 - established in criminal law.
The legal principle that children are incapable of giving true consent to sex with adults is rooted in the widely accepted premise that they lack the requisite emotional and intellectual maturity.
For the nation's second-largest school district to argue otherwise was troubling, said John Manly, an attorney in an unrelated sex abuse lawsuit against L.A. Unified.
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BY STEVE GORMAN
LOS ANGELES Fri Nov 14, 2014 8:39pm EST
(Reuters) - The Los Angeles Unified School District has come under fire from legal experts for asserting in court that a 14-year-old girl had consented to sex with her teacher and for introducing her sexual history in response to a lawsuit brought by the student.
A number of legal scholars and attorneys specializing in sex abuse cases said the argument that the girl bore some responsibility for the affair was at odds with the minimum age of consent - 18 - established in criminal law.
The legal principle that children are incapable of giving true consent to sex with adults is rooted in the widely accepted premise that they lack the requisite emotional and intellectual maturity.
For the nation's second-largest school district to argue otherwise was troubling, said John Manly, an attorney in an unrelated sex abuse lawsuit against L.A. Unified.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/15/us-usa-sexabuse-california-idUSKCN0IZ01I20141115
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of prostitution, rented the hotel room, lured the teacher under false pretenses and begged him for sex...
IT. DOES. NOT. MATTER! 
He was her teacher and knew exactly how old she was; there is no excuse or justification for his action.
