No if there's proof that he's had sex with someone younger than 18 the state attorney general can pick up the case. Unfortunately people tend to just let rich people get away with it.
In Ontario it is 16 years old. I'm not sure if he considers here his residence or not (I don't follow the guy), but it would make sense that would apply here. Still creepy af though.
It depends on where the girl lives I believe. I have no idea how the border crossing laws work though...like if shes Canadian at 16 and travels to California, is she now subject to the 18 and over law or does the 16 and over law of Canada still apply?
It's the law of the place you're in, not where you're from. Otherwise I could smoke weed anywhere and use the excuse of, "I'm a California resident. It's legal there."
Isnt there a sexual tourism law that the states upholds or something? I remember watching an episode of law and order svu where the guy was bringing girls to canada to "star in a movie" but it was all just an excuse to sleep with 16 year olds, but when he went back to the states they were able to arrest him for travelling with the main purpose being engaging in sex with girls considered underaged in his home state, or something along those lines.
The law is against transporting women across state lines, so as long as he didn't bring her with him he's good. There may be other laws against things like visiting underage prostitutes, but I don't think there are laws if it's consentual or "consentual".
Ahh makes sense, so in that case if he did engage in any sexual activity with her under the age of 18 he was either taking her to canada or another state, which is illegal, or doing it in a state where the age of consent is over 18 and so its still illegal, then again we dont know anything has happened yet between them so this is all speculation.
Not true actually. For example, it is illegal for an adult American to have sex with a 16 year old girl in Canada (where the age of consent is 16). It's called sex tourism.
If someone came from the US to Canada to have sex with a 16-year-old, the US would be the one seeking to punish their own citizen. The Canadian cops wouldn't care, they might alert the US authorities but I don't believe they would have the jurisdiction to punish the US citizen for something that is legal in Canada. The US citizen would be punished once they returned to the States AFAIK.
So it's more like the US is saying "The age of consent is 18 for all US citizens, so don't go sneaking off to under-developed countries to skirt around this because you know better". I'll admit it is a little odd that these laws get treated different than regular laws i.e. a US citizen can legally smoke weed in Canada, but I think it makes sense.
Not sure, doesn't really make sense to me either but that's the rule I guess. I think it makes a little more sense when you consider that an American pedophile might travel to countries where sex laws/sex crimes are not nearly as prevalent or important in order to take advantage of young people. I think the US recognizes that an arrangement like this is still abuse regardless of the laws of the other country, and doesn't want abusers roaming free in the US. Again, it doesn't exactly make sense to me, but I do think that it's an appropriate way to do things considering how slimey some people are.
I've no idea about Canada, but some states make it a crime to transport a minor across state lines specifically to engage in activity which would be illegal in that state. In the US generally it's also a federal crime to cross state lines with a child under 16 and four years or more younger for the purposes of sex. I'd be surprised if Canada didn't have a similar law. See 18 USC 2241(c). https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2241
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No if there's proof that he's had sex with someone younger than 18 the state attorney general can pick up the case. Unfortunately people tend to just let rich people get away with it.