what if they give you a fake ID? According to Florida Statute 794.021 Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense.—When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim’s being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age be a defense.
What if the person actually looks of an appropriate age, you card them and they give you a fake drivers license that shows they are old enough, then later you find out they were under age when the cops knock at your door. I heard on a radio show of something similar happening and they said the guy was found guilty of child molestation and statutory rape and went to prison and has to register as a sex offender.
At what point have you taken reasonable precautions that the courts wont find you guilty?
What if the person actually looks of an appropriate age, you card them and they give you a fake drivers license that shows they are old enough, then later you find out they were under age when the cops knock at your door. I heard on a radio show of something similar happening and they said the guy was found guilty of child molestation and statutory rape and went to prison and has to register as a sex offender.
At what point have you taken reasonable precautions that the courts wont find you guilty?