he had sexual relations as an adult with a 17-year-old girl
The age of consent in Arkansas is 16
The girl’s mother said she suspected that her daughter might have lied about her age to attract male attention, and the mother added that she didn’t want Jones to go to jail over the sexual relationship with her daughter.
“Had sex with”.
Do not take this as an endorsement of his behavior because it’s still repulsive, but the reason why it wasn’t referred to as “statutory rape” is because it isn’t. “Had sex with a minor” is the most accurate and sufficiently accusatory phrase they could use. If he and the minor were from Arkansas where the age of consent is 16, then apart from being morally wrong, it’s not illegal.
Arkansas 🤦♂️
This man had sex with a girl, which in their eyes is better than any LGBTQ stuff could ever be.
