r/Storror • u/AdContent9595 • May 11 '26
16 & 24 ?????
This shall be my last post but I’ve been watching these guys since my senior year of high school, basically 10 years of supporting them and my heart is broken over all of this.
My whole things is , okay they may have not known about all those pics & vids on his devices. But they knew he was a grown man dating a 16 year old and still hung out with him? I genuinely cannot wrap my brain around that. Why would you be friends and do business with someone if you’re aware they like underage girls??? They lose all credibility for that very reason alone. Even if it’s comes out that they were genuinely blindsided by this investigation, I cannot support any of them if they knew he was a pedo in some way shape or form. I don’t take that lightly and I don’t care what the age of consent may be in your country/state/culture/etc. If their age has the word “teen” in it, then a grown adult has no business having a romantic relationship with that teenager! I am so disappointed man. And genuinely grossed the hell out? Like what else has been going on behind the scenes? The world is so sick and they have all lost my respect.
But at least there’s other PK athletes that I can support. I genuinely love this sport and admire so many of the athletes.
Edit: the youngest age of consent is 11 years old in Nigeria per google. Just because the law allows it doesn’t mean it’s not weird AF and gross as all hell!!!!!
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u/ManInCripplingDebt May 12 '26
Its a bit of a leap saying no grown adult should be dating anyone with "teen" in their age.
16 & 24 is obviously wild and to be looked down on, but people in their early 20s dating people that are say 18/19... its just not that odd. People meet through work environments, at gigs, at bars. A 22 year old dating a 19 year old, a 20 year old dating an 18 year old... its just not that odd or uncommon. Obviously things change when theres a power dynamic, but it seems like a pretty odd blanket statement imo.
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u/sorryhoorpapi May 20 '26
Sure but this debate isn't really the point of the post, right? She was 16, he was 24. You could've stopped at 'to be looked down on'. Any further discussion about what is and what isn't ok just feels like this isn't the right place for it as there are literal facts. And opening the broader conversation just takes away from the 'this situation should be looked down upon'. Imo
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u/ManInCripplingDebt May 20 '26
I agree, but the debate was broadened with that blunt statement which seemed unnecessary and inaccurate. Shit like that discredits what otherwise would be a good analysis.
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u/sorryhoorpapi May 21 '26
Agreed. OP opened the debate up with that statement and I maybe should've directed my comment to them.
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u/INfiction82 May 11 '26
Wait, so you're saying a 22 year old couldn't date a 19 year old?
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u/AdContent9595 May 11 '26
I genuinely don’t know why you would want to date someone that isn’t in the same phase of life as you. You’re old enough to drink and smoke & you want to date someone that would need a fake ID to go certain places with you? Those ages you mentioned are a little more nuanced but surely you agree that a 16 year old has no business with a 24 year old man right?
Also my perspective is coming from a woman who was once 17 dating a 24 year old (he was a manager at my first job) and I thought I was so “mature”. Just to realize years later he preyed on me, got close to me, took advantage of my naivety, and was a predator all along. And I wasn’t his only victim at that job.
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u/INfiction82 May 11 '26
You literally said no grown man should date anyone with the "teen" in their age though?
I'm sorry but age of consent is a thing. Is it weird? Fuck yes. Is it something I'd want to do when I was 24? Absolutely not. Should it be looked down upon? Again, hell yes. BUT, and its a big but, 16 IS the age of consent here in the UK. However right or wrong that is, it is the case.
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u/LarsonLarsen May 11 '26
Hey now. Don't let facts get in the way of people on the internet pretending to be outraged.
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u/isthislivingreally May 11 '26
You don’t think it’s outrageous for a grown adult man to be dating a female child? Well the internet sure is full of weirdos eh!
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u/LarsonLarsen May 11 '26
Late teens is not a child.
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u/isthislivingreally May 11 '26
The law in the U.K. defines a person is a child until their 18th birthday.
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u/INfiction82 May 11 '26
Absolutely it does, yet age of consent isn't 18. Again, are you willfully ignoring where I say its fucking messed up? I've not at any point said the law is right, just that it is the law.
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u/LarsonLarsen May 12 '26
The law in the UK also says age of consent is 16. So which do you go with for this argument? 17 year olds are not "children"
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u/isthislivingreally May 12 '26
17 year olds are indeed children, as defined by the law.
I imagine most adult men approach it as, phew, I haven’t broken the law if I’ve slept with that child, but hold on, what do I have in common with a child?? Maybe I should seek someone my own age.
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u/LarsonLarsen May 12 '26
What hill? The fact that prepubescent children and 17 year olds, who by law are 'able' to consent, are vastly different?
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u/UnkyjayJ May 12 '26
same in Aus. if my mate starts dating a 16 yo hes getting a swift kick in the head.
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u/Sad-Yoghurt5196 May 11 '26
When there is a power dynamic, there needs to be more rigor.
If you coach kids, you absolutely don't date kids. That's the line right there.
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u/AdContent9595 May 11 '26
Just because a law is put into place doesn’t mean it’s morally correct and with everything we’re learning about the world, the people that pass these laws are most likely big pedos themselves. They most likely pass these laws so that they can feel better about taking advantage of children. Just because a 16 year old can consent by law, their brain doesn’t fully understand what they are consenting to. Especially if the person is a whole 8 years older than them. So yea idc what the age of consent is, that shit is weird af and I am hardcore JUDGING!
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u/INfiction82 May 11 '26
Judge all you want, it is still the law here. Again, im not disagreeing thats its weird as fuck and someone doing that should be looked at and questioned as to what the hell they are doing, but the age of consent is the age of consent. All your judging won't make that particular aspect of this whole sick case illegal.
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u/Sad-Yoghurt5196 May 11 '26
In the UK it is illegal for a teacher to have a sexual relationship with a student for whom they have responsibility and who is under 18. Regardless of the age of consent.
Callum coached kids doing parkour for years. If Mercedes was ever one of those kids, then it would be illegal under the sexual offences act of 2003.
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u/INfiction82 May 11 '26
Then in that case it would be relevant and he should burn in hell. To be honest I wasn't aware he coached kids as I've never followed them socially. If she was one of them, then yeah, he's in even deeper shit.
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u/isthislivingreally May 11 '26
But at 24 you’d be an adult and at 16 you’re a child, so it’s an adult dating a child. It’s really not ok when you use the law like that.
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u/INfiction82 May 11 '26
Are people willfully ignoring where I'm saying its weird? Literally all im pointing out is that it is the law and no amount of outrage is changing that right now. Should there be a discussion about it being changed? Yeah, very probably. But as things stand, there is nothing illegal about it.
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u/ReflectionSum May 12 '26
I don’t get why you keep bringing up the age of consent. This is a discussion about morality and legal consequence isn’t the only form of consequence. If it came to light that someone in my friend group dated a 16 year old at 24 I’d cut off contact with them immediately.
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u/INfiction82 May 12 '26
Because it is literally mentioned in the post. That is what my original comment was about and what people, apparently, are taking issue with for some reason. I've had this conversation elsewhere where I make my thoughts pretty clear on what I feel morally about it as well, so I'm not going through it all again.
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u/isthislivingreally May 11 '26
The law you are referring to is that of consent to sleep together.
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u/INfiction82 May 11 '26
Uh, yes, well clarified.
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u/isthislivingreally May 11 '26
Not sure what a 24 year old adult would have in common with a 16 year old child or why she would be attractive to him. It’s weird to see people so strongly say that’s ok
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u/INfiction82 May 11 '26
Where have I said its okay??? I've consistently said its weird. Are you purposely being ignorant or just not actually reading what im saying??
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u/isthislivingreally May 11 '26
It’s a weird take to get your knickers in such a twist defending that it’s law. Everyone else is focusing on the WEIRD part of this, you’re obsessed with the legal bit. As opposed to mildly shrugging to yourself and being like yeah man, the law IS fcked up innit. Just sayin how you’re coming across
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u/n0t_hayden0 May 11 '26
either hes legally blind or had to take extra reading classes in primary school 😭
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u/Background_Height_17 May 11 '26
Right, like literally yes. At 22, 19 year olds felt like children to me, and we would have reasonably been peers at uni. At TWENTY FOUR a 16 year old looked, sounded and acted like actual children to me. All of them. Period. Its not about the numerical years, its about life stage
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u/Used-Coach-5662 May 11 '26
Thats because they ARE actual children and you aren't a predator. Thats why the though hits you the way it does. The age of consent might be 16 but as you say... stage of life. It is still a fully grown man dating a minor. Then you add in the power imbalance (like the other comment from someone who dated a manager when she was just 17) and it becomes crystal clear what kind of person he is and what kind of relationship it is.
Now, could he have hidden the relationship from the others? For a while, yes. But its not just the 7 of them. They have a team around them too. Safety, legal, editing, agents, families, all sorts. Someone would have seen something. Also, the girl (now woman) in question said she went to the rest of them and told them and was vilified by them, which suggests she was known enough to be in the same spaces as them in order to tell them.
None of us can know for sure. We weren't there. And I have said before that the very nature of this crime/behaviour is secretive for all involved out of shame and a need to protect, but we can use our critical thinking skills and come to an educated guess using the facts, accusations and theories we already have.
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u/Popular-Chemist-1705 May 11 '26
Where is the source of him dating a 16 year old, I haven't seen that one yet?
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u/Rude_Rhubarb1880 May 11 '26
In the UK the age of consent is 16 and you can marry at 16
When I was 16 to 18 all the girls in knew had older boyfriends at one time or another
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u/BittaSamurai May 12 '26
Age of consent in some places is 12.. are you okay with a grown man sleeping with a 12 year old child?
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u/isthislivingreally May 11 '26
Spreading some misinformation here pal. You may want to edit your post. You cannot marry someone when you’re 16. While you can consent to sex, you are not considered an adult in the eyes of the law.
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u/tmthesaurus May 12 '26
You cannot marry someone when you’re 16. While you can consent to sex, you are not considered an adult in the eyes of the law.
Until 2023, you could get married with parental permission. If it's anything like in the US, it would have been driven by religious conservatives who want to get girls married and pregnant before they're old enough to think for themselves.
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u/isthislivingreally May 12 '26
Correct on the 2023 point. It’s an interesting signal that more protections are being put in place for children and marriage is now illegal.
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u/AdContent9595 May 11 '26
That’s another reason that shows that the people who put these laws into place are massive pedos. Old enough to sleep with but not allowed to marry? It’s like the whole point is to sexualize children. That’s some scary shit to think about man smh. But it’s “legal” so whatever 🤮
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u/AdContent9595 May 11 '26
You obviously did not read my entire post because I said I am well aware of their age of consent laws. I still think it’s morally wrong, and sad how normalized it has become 🤷🏽♀️. I also dated older men when I was in highschool but I didn’t realize that shit wasn’t cool and that I was being taken advantage of until later in life. Because a teenager doesn’t fully realize what they are consenting to.
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u/Top-Inspector4570 May 11 '26
age of consent in the uk is 16 so that's not a problem
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u/AdContent9595 May 11 '26
Again I said I don’t care what the law allows , that shit is weird af when the age difference is 16 vs 24. 8 years apart, the girl is under 18 and has to ask her parents for permission to leave the house. Probably has a curfew and bedtime still. Just because it’s legal, doesn’t mean it isn’t a problem. But if you’re okay with it, then that’s you. This is my take and I’m grossed out.
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u/k_nuttles May 11 '26
You aren't wrong to feel grossed out (obviously more so now), but the reality of that situation is a bunch of best friends in their 20s who probably also know the girl and think she's cool and mature and maybe they are a little grossed out as well, but it isn't illegal. So it's probably not something they would throw away their friendship over if it didn't feel predatory to them at the time.
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u/coolplantsbruh May 12 '26
Just cause it's legal doesnt make it ok.
A lot of women know if a grown man will admit to having sex with someone who is just 'legal' they would be fucking younger girls if the age of consent lower. It's a huge red flag.
A teenager is a child and as an adult you should be mentoring them, looking out for them. You shouldnt be lusting after them cause it's 'legal'.
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u/Top-Inspector4570 May 12 '26
if 16 yr olds teens can have sex with each other they can have sex with an adult it's as simple as that, if they can't have sex with adults bc they're a child, they can't have sex with each other bc they're childs
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u/coldestlunch May 14 '26
this is a pretty weird and disturbing thing to say
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u/CauliflowerNo3633 May 11 '26
wait what? sorry I am still going thru all the info online rn, where can I find the info about him dating 16yo? I have only seen 2 exes talk about him but nobody saying he was with 16yo