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Another writer might have identified the agent of change as child abuse, or statutory rape, or limited access to contraception in postwar Appalachia.
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
In 2022, while the documentary was in production, Rose sharply responded to a question by a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter about the statutory rape claims while in town for his first appearance on the Philadelphia field since 2017.
—Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
She is shamed and ripped off stage as Driver’s character is arrested for statutory rape.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 16 May 2024
Saavedra, meanwhile, was convicted in October 2023 of committing statutory rape and oral copulation of a person under 18 years of age, both felony offenses.
—Bay City News, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
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Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
In 2022, while the documentary was in production, Rose sharply responded to a question by a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter about the statutory rape claims while in town for his first appearance on the Philadelphia field since 2017.
—Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
She is shamed and ripped off stage as Driver’s character is arrested for statutory rape.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 16 May 2024
Saavedra, meanwhile, was convicted in October 2023 of committing statutory rape and oral copulation of a person under 18 years of age, both felony offenses.
—Bay City News, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Statutory rape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statutory%20rape. Accessed 19 Aug. 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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