Q: Is it legal for a 17 year old girl to have sex with her 33 year old boss in Pennsylvania?
My sister had sex with her boss, who’s 16 years older than she is. The police keep telling us that it’s legal in Pennsylvania, but my parents and I are desperately trying to find out if there are any grounds we can charge him on, such as corruption of a minor or child enticement. It is possible he owns child pornography of her as well. I don’t know if there’s any sort of laws about it because he’s her boss, all I know is I don’t want him to get away with taking advantage of my sister. What can I do?
A:
The boss can't extort sex from her--that would be at a minimum sexual harassment--but it sounds like as far as she is concerned it's consensual.
And if it's consensual, and she is 16 or over, it is legal.
https://pcar.org/laws-policy/age-consent
imagery may be a crime if the person is under 18.
https://pcar.org/what-you-need-know-about-sexting
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