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A BBC presenter has been accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs, beginning when they were 17, according to The Sun.

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[–] Unquote0270 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is legal isn't it if the victim was 17? What is there to investigate?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Age of consent is 16 but I think both parties need be 18+ for sharing explicit selfies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Which is a pretty retarded law if you think about it.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As with Philip Scholfield, there is such a disparity in age and power that it becomes very iffy. I'm not sure there's anything illegal going on but it's morally problematic.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The problem with "moral" problems is, who sets the morals? The church has been setting them for years, but they are now regarded as outdated and, to be frank, not a shining example of good "morality".