# American soldier crosses into North Korea

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**Created:** [July 18, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-soldier-crosses-into-north-korea/987221 "2023-07-18T16:43:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-soldier-crosses-into-north-korea/987221/315 "2023-10-21T16:30:40Z")

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You guys are going in the direction of the closed and locked thread from last year:

> [@Underage sex, is it rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underage-sex-is-it-rape/957944):
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> I was reading stories about the “baby groupies” of the 70s, such as Sable Starr and Lori Maddox. They were having sex with older rock stars. Was this rape, technically? Why was it never prosecuted? When Don Johnson was 22, he was reportedly with Melanie Griffith age 14. Just seeking opinions, hence why it’s in IMHO.

[I had remembered @puzzlegal participating in that thread, and had made similar points about how someone in their late teens with a fellow late teen who is a legal adult isn’t quite the same as a 16 year old and a 40 year old, so I dug up the thread. No attack intended, just pointing out.]

Which is fine, but the issue is such a minor point for Mr. Travis King that it seems to be a distraction. Instead, looking at the chare information shared by @Monty (and additional thanks for the effort!) it looks likely that it’s two separate violations. The second -could- (giving the largest possible benefit of the doubt) a video of himself, pre-enlistment, with his girlfriend of the time, giving us @puzzlegal’s 19 and 17 scenario. But the first? Based on the date, yeah, he’s 23 and soliciting nudes directly online, and whether or not he knew or cared about their age is a lot less defensible.

And that’s all we know for now. I’m reasonably certain that we’ll have all the details: defensible or not, in the future, as we aren’t probably looking at the extreme delays of a civilian trial, and don’t want to see us attacking each other ahead of the facts.

'Cause I love you guys, and assume we’re all over the age of consent. 🙂

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