I'm not sure about the gp comments specific case, but in many states in the US age of consent is actually much more nuanced than that. For example, in a number

I'm not sure about the gp comments specific case, but in many states in the US age of consent is actually much more nuanced than that. For example, in a number of states the age of consent for a female is 17 if their partner is no more than 10 years older than them at the time.