Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24447558-20140701205038/@comment-13965604-20140702164757

According to http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=261-269 it can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony because he was more than three years younger. The consent only means mandatory reporting wasn't necessary. It could encourage the prosecutor to give her the misdemeanor, but not necessarily. I mean, we all know money talks in our judicial system, and the Hales were longstanding citizens who were filthy rich. As opposed to Kate, who wasn't a long term resident, and we don't really know her or Gerard's finances. We have a good idea of Chris' but not theirs. Even if she did have money, she wouldn't have they sway the Hales would.