# Jerry Lee Lewis and teen sex **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 24, 1999, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164 "1999-10-24T20:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 1999, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/21 "1999-10-25T23:57:00Z")
handy, a comedian joked, and quite rightly, that ALL guys want to have sex with High School girls. Otherwise, why would there be a law against it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/22 "1999-10-26T06:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Wasn’t there a cop up in your neck of the woods that was charged after it was found that he had sex with the neighbor’s daughter? I believe he was in his 20’s and she 16. Haven’t heard anything about it other than the original charge. Are they still pursuing charges against him? Yes, there was a NY State Trooper, I believe 25, stationed in a Rochester suburb who was arrested for having sex with his 16 year old girlfriend about two months back. Like you, I haven’t heard anything about this case since. I tried running a search through the Rochester D&C website but I couldn’t even find the original story. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/23 "1999-10-26T08:52:00Z")
The age of consent in Pennsylvania is 16, not 14. I got married in PA. My wife and I were both adults, but I do remember seeing 16 with parental consent, 18 without, on the forms we had to fill out. ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/24 "1999-10-26T08:58:00Z")
> [@](#): > > age of consent in all 50 states from another webpage at the same site (they don’t jive). Nitpick: The word is “jibe.” ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/25 "1999-10-26T15:21:00Z")
My niece got married in Calif at 17 with my sister’s permission. Note: Statue of limitations begins when the kid hits 18. Thus, the folks can have the guy arrested for having sex with their under age daughter for quite some time… ---
**Author:** ![Yarster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 1999, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/26 "1999-10-26T19:18:00Z")
Having just moved back to California from Texas, it was my understanding that in Texas the “marryin’ age” was 14 with parental consent. In fact, I distinctly remember this issue coming up with David Koresh during that whole Waco Branch Davidian thing. Among other things, the feds were supposedly accusing Koresh of bigamy and satutory rape. Except that he supposed skirted the law on this by: 1) marrying the 14 year olds with parental consent (and why not give consent if you think your daughter is marrying the reincarnation of Jesus?) 2) getting them pregnant and then legally divorcing them 3) start over at step 1. Unfortunately for Koresh, automatic weapons (and being a nutball asshole) is still illegal in Texas, so they had other things to nail him on. ---
**Author:** ![Salieri2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Salieri2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salieri2)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 1999, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/27 "1999-10-27T03:40:00Z")
Anybody wanna tell me what’s up with Mississippi’s virgin stipulation? [If I weren’t code-challenged I’d just quote beatle’s 10-24 post, but there it is.] If the girl is over 12 and NOT a virgin the statutory rape law does not apply? What does this mean? If a 13-year-old has sex it’s either consensual or simple rape?? Why the distinction??? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/28 "1999-10-29T05:21:00Z")
Actually, its not called ‘statutory rape’ in many states anymore, but ‘rape of the child.’ In short, it matters not if they are in love, the minor gives consent, etc, as a matter of fact, the intent doesn’t count at all. Also, did you know that it’s against US law for a US citizen to have sex with anyone under 18 in any other country?[even though age of consent in other countries is from 12-21 heterosexual] this is the law: b) Travel With Intent To Engage in Sexual Act With a Juvenile. - A person who travels in interstate commerce, or conspires to do so, or a United States citizen or an alien admitted for permanent residence in the United States who travels in foreign commerce, or conspires to do so, for the purpose of engaging in any sexual act (as defined in section 2246) with a person under 18 years of age that would be in violation of chapter 109A if the sexual act occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 1999, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/29 "1999-10-28T18:43:00Z")
If that last law was enforced, handy, Thailand’s tourism industry would approach nil… * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/30 "1999-10-29T00:57:00Z")
Getting back to Jerry Lee for a moment (if I may,) wasn’t part of the hoopla when he went to England due to the fact that it turned out that he had actually never divorced his first wife, so in reality he and Myra weren’t even legally married? Also, how old was Priscilla when she married Elvis? I’m thinking it was something on the young side of 16. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 1999, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/31 "1999-10-29T02:03:00Z")
The way I heard it, he hadn’t divorced his **second** wife, only his first, but he assumed he was never legally married to his second wife, because he hadn’t divorced his first wife when he married his second wife. (And Myra was #3.) Of course, my source for that is the movie _Great Balls of Fire_ and I have no idea of its accuracy. * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. ---
**Author:** ![cowboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowboy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/32 "2000-01-14T08:06:00Z")
Now what about teen sex (under the age of consent) with an adult in cyberspace? Is it illegal to have cybersex or phone sex with a minor? And is it illegal to even talk about sexual topics online with minors? And what if you don’t know he/she is a minor? ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Basil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Sweet\_Basil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Basil)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/33 "2000-01-14T17:58:00Z")
According to interviews given by “the Killer” himself, marrying a 13 yr. old, and marrying your cousin was not out of line in Ferriday, LA at that time. His own sister, Gail, was also married at 12 or 13 (but NOT to him…) He had another woman go to Mississippi to sign the paperwork, not because it was illegal, but because the wedding would be a “surprise” for Myra and her family. Myra’s father, Jerry Lee’s guitarist, chased him with a gun when he found out. They tried to keep Jerry’s marriage a secret when in England for two reasons: 1.It would discourage female fan/admirers, 2.Brits would think it immoral. Of course the British tabloids had a field day, and his career was ruined. I get this info. from ‘Great Balls of Fire’ the book the movie was based on. It is written by Myra herself. Sweet Basil ---
**Author:** ![Cheese\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cheese\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheese_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/34 "2000-01-14T17:58:00Z")
Cowboy, you probably should have started a new thread, but I would guess cybersex and talking about sex with a minor is currently legal since there probably aren’t any laws against it yet. However, I bet there are efforts underway in many states to police this activity. It is illegal for adults to use the internet to arrange meetings with minors where they intend to have sex. I read about adults getting arrested for that all the time. Police officers pose as minors, arrange a meeting for sex, and then arrest the adult when they come for the meeting. Anyway, these ‘sex with minors’ laws still don’t make much sense to me, because high school teens have sex with each other quite a lot, but aren’t arrested, so why can’t teen minors have sex with adults? Or maybe the law should be applied uniformly so minors aren’t allowed to have sex at all. It just seems like a double standard with laws that are applied arbitrarily. ---
**Author:** ![APB9999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB9999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB9999)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164/35 "2000-01-15T03:54:00Z")
“Age of consent” is an incomplete phrase. There are two of them: one may consent to (unmarried) sexual relations and one may consent to marriage. States have different ages of consent for each, with age of consent to marriage usually younger than consent to sex. Almost always with minors there is a clause about parental permission wrt consent to marriage. Hence the ages of consent that go down to thirteen in some states; these are ages at which it’s legal to marry with the parent’s permission. It is not legal to sleep with 13 year olds in New Mexico, even if they say okay - unless it’s your wife. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-lee-lewis-and-teen-sex/6164.md?page=1)