Reply #82: And yet Colorado seems to say 17 years can consent to sex with any age person

[muriel_volestrangler]

See eg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America#Colorado , or any other list of ages of consent I've found so far.

I suspect the problem here might be the drinking - if she gave him the alcohol, and then the fondling etc. started, she might be held responsible for getting him, under the legal age for drinking, incapable - and thus unable to consent.

Colorado also allows 16 and 17 year olds to marry, with their parents' consent. Presumably sex will then take place in those marriages.

On edit: Colorado makes sex with under 18s illegal for those in a position of trust - see post #84 for details.