The linked article say that they met when he was 15 and that they became a couple when he was 18. "in France, both would be punished" It seems absurd to me th

The linked article say that they met when he was 15 and that they became a couple when he was 18. "in France, both would be punished" It seems absurd to me that both the victim and the abuser would be punished. Do you have any source for this?