Same jurisdiction.
Only a year ago.
"Sexual assault of a child" being the core crime.
A 16 year old.
The minor was very willing to have sex (but not considered old enough to give consent).
They knew each other much longer than EA knew his victim, before getting sexual.
Same court.
Same judge.
Ended up with two life sentences.
IMO the idea that this is some sport of outdated unenforced law, where LE isn't going to try EA for this rape - for which it appears they have loads of proof - and use it to lock him away is someone's fantasy. And it should be informative that while the Accion guy is trying to belittle the charges, EA's attorney is steering very clear of such bombast. He knows the law, and where LE is headed with this and how serious it is.
Question, IMO, I think they will be A-OK on this charge, but just out of curiosity of how this works, would the "I'm glad I ****** (name)" text be considered EA's admission of the crime and treated similar to a confession? I'm sure there may be variables like what the context was in which he said it (Ex: g/f: "I can't believe you slept with a 16 year old girl!" or some other exchange that was either more or less incriminating). I guess it's an irrelevant speculative question, but not knowing makes it a fleeting "hmm...wonder how that works?" thought. Was hoping you would shed some light on it