How to Use statutory rape in a Sentence

statutory rape

noun

• If true, those actions would be statutory rape; the age of consent is 16.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2022
• Burgess pleaded no contest to felony statutory rape of a child who is now 7 years old.
  — Fox News, 25 May 2018
• This is no longer about the statutory rape of her, but rather her recovery of power.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2023
• Due to the statute of limitations, Rose was not charged with statutory rape.
  — David Wysong, The Enquirer, 8 Aug. 2022
• Munoz is accused of the abuse and statutory rape of seven minors, and Arias did not rule out that there were more victims.
  — Fox News, 12 July 2018
• Jail records show 37-year-old Amanda Doll remains in custody on a charge of statutory rape of a child less than 15 years old.
  — Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022
• Jonathan Busch, 54, is charged with statutory rape of a child under the age of 15 and indecent liberties with a child.
  — Chris Perez, Fox News, 23 June 2018
• Polanski pled guilty to statutory rape in a plea bargain in the late '70s and has since attempted to resolve the decades-old case.
  — Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY, 3 May 2018
• In many instances these loopholes are used for the older partner to avoid statutory rape charges.
  — Elaisha Stokes, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2019
• Under 1970s laws, Ream was charged with statutory rape, a life offense.
  — Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2018
• Polanski fled the United States 40 years ago after being charged with the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl.
  — Doug Criss, CNN, 4 May 2018
• Jonathan Conrad Busch, 54, of Mooresville, is charged with two counts each of statutory rape of a child under the age of 15 and indecent liberties with a child.
  — Wbtv, charlotteobserver, 22 June 2018
• But most parents of her youngest patients choose not to press statutory rape charges, Pierre Joseph said, because the fathers are minors as well.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
• Saffeels is charged with three counts of statutory rape, three counts of statutory sodomy and one count of child molestation.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 15 Sep. 2017
• He was convicted of statutory rape and is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
  — Kate Brumback, Fox News, 23 May 2018
• If true, those actions would be statutory rape, as the age of consent in Massachusetts is 16.
  — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2022
• Ashley, indeed, said the precise intent was to keep her boyfriend from being charged with statutory rape.
  — Eric Adler, kansascity, 11 Mar. 2018
• In February, he was sentenced to 120 days in jail and five years’ probation for statutory rape.
  — Darrell Smith and and Diana Lambert, sacbee, 19 Oct. 2017
• Roosie was charged with statutory rape but acquitted of that charge as well as a subsequent perjury charge.
  — New York Times, 5 May 2020
• Meili has been charged with child kidnapping, statutory sodomy and statutory rape, court records show.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2017
• He was charged with two counts of statutory rape and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, WSMV reported.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 3 July 2023
• Would another girl, who looks even younger, get justice after an alleged statutory rape at the hands of an older man?
  — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
• Even after the show aired and many called out the show’s glaring statutory rape problem, a cast and creators doubled down on their support of the relationship.
  — Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 28 July 2021
• Sister Betrayed: Please, please connect these dots: Your ex is guilty of statutory rape, therefore your sister was raped.
  — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
• Then, the Los Angeles Times reported that a 15-year-old girl accused the filmmaker of statutory rape.
  — Angela Aleiss, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
• Elder and his guests pondered whether the woman was opening herself up to statutory rape charges as Bieber was a minor at the time and the age of consent in California is 18.
  — Andrew Kaczynski, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
• But even if statutory rape was wiped from Gilead's lawbooks, the audience is right to be deeply uncomfortable watching this scene — the youngest age of consent in the United States is 16.
  — refinery29.com, 24 May 2018
• The 36-year-old father faces one count of endangering the welfare of a child, while the 26-year-old teacher was arrested on charges of statutory rape and molestation.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
• Her rapist, 28-year-old Brandon Lamar Zachary, is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for statutory rape.
  — Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 25 May 2018
• Seven years later, two underage girls accused the golden age movie star of statutory rape.
  — Variety Staff, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Aug 2024