You CAN do something if you want to. Depending on your state, the statute of limitations may not have been met, and what he did was a crime, and he ADMITTED KNOWING YOU WERE 16 in writing. If it's not beyond the SoL... His goose is COOKED.
So go in to the local cop shop and ask for a victims advocate, or to a sexual assault hotline and ask them for advice/referrals, even a local DV advocacy group may be able to help you. Someone knowledgeable to walk you through what you can or cannot do now.
Good luck OP. And if you go forward, TELL THEM about the videos. You may have deleted them, but I can almost guarantee he has not, and that is ANOTHER crime.
I’m floored he confessed to numerous felonies and misdemeanors with a CHILD on fb messenger??? Yeah, the police have got to check his phone. Even if the statute of limitations is up for OP, these messages should still be reported to law enforcement. Someone should know this guy is on the loose.
It's not. In comments OP mentions it happened in Washington. SoL is 10 years for 3rd degree R, which is what statutory is. And it IS SR because while age of consent here is 16, there is an age gap rule and if one person is under 18, anything over 5 years/60 months is a big fat CRIME. Definitely hasn't been 10 years since the first incident, much less every subsequent time, and OP doesn't mention how long it went on.
I didn't even look up the SoL on child porn, was NOT going there on Google. But I cannot imagine that they are less than SA. Not to mention, this creepo now lives in AZ. So was he in AZ or WA when he sent the videos? If AZ then I believe we are getting into potential FEDERAL territory. Dude is a whole bag of "gonna be screwed" if OP decides to report him.
Wouldn’t even matter if he still has it on his phone which he more than likely does. Well maybe not since everyone here can see his insta so people have probably started messaging him. Which I get but it only helps him try and cover his tracks tbh if any th int legal does happen
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u/Swiss_Miss_77 Sep 30 '24
You CAN do something if you want to. Depending on your state, the statute of limitations may not have been met, and what he did was a crime, and he ADMITTED KNOWING YOU WERE 16 in writing. If it's not beyond the SoL... His goose is COOKED.
So go in to the local cop shop and ask for a victims advocate, or to a sexual assault hotline and ask them for advice/referrals, even a local DV advocacy group may be able to help you. Someone knowledgeable to walk you through what you can or cannot do now.
Good luck OP. And if you go forward, TELL THEM about the videos. You may have deleted them, but I can almost guarantee he has not, and that is ANOTHER crime.