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11/26/2015
VerifiedThe age of consent is 16. She cannot consent.
There is a close in age exemption which means she could consent if the guy was not more than 5 years older than her. But he is.
So this is sexual assault and you can call the police.
I am so sorry that this happened to you and your daughter.
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