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I don’t.</p>
<p>This avoids an artifact of having an age of legal consent, where, upon reaching a certain birthday, you suddenly find yourself committing a felony.</p>
<p>E.g., two sexually active 17 year olds, one turns 18 and suddenly he/she is committing rape.</p>
<p>Three years IMO allows for relationships among similar-aged people, where beyond three years you start getting into potentially predatory situations.</p>
<p>Notrichenough: I recognize that the statute distinguishes between relationships that are more or less likely to involve coercion. But it still makes criminals of two 17 year-olds engaging in consensual sex (which probably means, at some point or another, close to half the 17 year-olds in California). And when one of them turns 18, he or she is still committing a misdemeanor, but all of a sudden the 17 year-old partner isn’t anymore.</p>
<p>And I still am not sure from the statute whether it applies to all sex with/between minors, or just some sex with/between minors. Back in the day, it was fairly easy to tell what was “unlawful” sexual intercourse – it was perhaps any sexual intercourse outside of marriage, or where one party was married but not to the other, or involving acts commonly associated with homosexuality (i.e., “sodomy”, oral sex), or involving people of different races. Or rape, of course, or prostitution. But I’m not sure the concept of “unlawful sexual intercourse” has any clear current meaning, outside of rape, prostitution, or statutory rape. And as far as statutory rape is concerned, this IS the statute, so it’s completely circular unless “unlawful” means something different than “any”.</p>
<p>Someone posted the statutory language as though it meant something. I can’t tell what it means. If it means that it’s OK for a centimillionaire rock-star 17 year-old boy to have unprotected, consensual sex with a 19 year-old groupie, but she’s committing a crime, then I think it’s somewhat off-kilter.</p>
<p>Even if it was a misdemeanor for her (very unlikely to be prosecuted), that would probably not affect his duties as a parent.</p>
<p>I suspect celebrities encounter claims like this often. How much proof is required before he is forced to submit to a DNA test?</p>
<p>If there were no possibility of truth here, his lawyers should be urging a speedy DNA test to put this story to bed, so to speak.</p>
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I don’t agree. There’s a lot of nut jobs who would just blatantly make stuff up to get a chance to have a celeb like Justin Bieber focus his attention on them.</p>
<p>His lawyer needs to make it as difficult as possible to keep the crazies at bay.</p>
<p>A DNA test would take five minutes of his time in the privacy of a doctor’s office.
The longer this drags on with speculation about this woman’s credibility and backstage access, the more damage to his reputation.</p>
<p>These types of situations have happened many times before, and celebrities usually refuse to take paternity/maternity tests. It’s not worth their time and only validates the accuser by giving them more attention.</p>
<p>The story seems unlikely to me. I don’t think his handlers would let it happen.</p>
<p>To quote Ozzy, “Who the <em>bleep</em> is Justin Bieber?!”</p>
<p>This is hilarious:</p>
<p>[Late</a> Night with Jimmy Fallon - Justin Bieber Performs ‘(It’s Not My) Baby’ - Video - NBC.com](<a href=“http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/Justin-Bieber-Performs-Its-Not-My-Baby/1365931]Late”>http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/Justin-Bieber-Performs-Its-Not-My-Baby/1365931)</p>
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<p>Read more: [Mariah</a> Yeater’s baby lawsuit vs. Justin Bieber dismissed: report - NY Daily News](<a href=“http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/mariah-yeater-baby-lawsuit-justin-bieber-dismissed-report-article-1.978316#ixzz1dsTFo000]Mariah”>http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/mariah-yeater-baby-lawsuit-justin-bieber-dismissed-report-article-1.978316#ixzz1dsTFo000)</p>
<p>You have got to be kidding me! You mean to me to tell me that a woman would falsely claim to have had a child with a celebrity in order to gain attention for herself? I have never heard of such a thing!</p>
<p>As much as I don’t care… I mean, as little as I care… or is it, to the extent that I could not care less, I think it is wrong that a young male celebrity should have to submit to a DNA test to refute the claims of a fan whose motives are suspect.</p>
<p>Just as I hoped JB would pay if the allegations were true, if they are false, I hope now the false accusor will pay.</p>
<p>[Justin</a> Bieber Paternity Suit Dropped (Report) - Yahoo! TV](<a href=“Justin Bieber Paternity Suit Dropped (Report)”>Justin Bieber Paternity Suit Dropped (Report))</p>
<p>If TMZ is reporting this, it MUST be true. I hope Mr. Niceguy turns vicious and now goes on the attack. He’ll donate any money he receives to charity…</p>
<p>The poor baby. What a mother.</p>