Guerdwich Montimere, 22, Faked His Way to Becoming Texas High School Basketball Star

• Well clearly the guy is a bit of a douche, but this girl should not be getting jack shit from him. I have no sympathy for a whore who wants to turn around and try to sue when they find out their f*ck buddy broke a law. Our youth is failing.

• This is old news that happened about 2 weeks ago!

• The more I see young men (of an unknown age, but I am guessing most are in their teens) who keep insisting that a 14-17 year old girl is not a child, the more I realize it is just them wanting to be considered adults as quickly as possible. I understand. You want all the rights of self-determination. We who have already been there only wish we could do a better job of showing you all the pitfalls of racing into the adult world by way of what we went through, just to spare you the suffering. But, of course, some of the suffering you will have to endure, no matter what. It's just that... some of the suffering is the kind that no one should endure. No one.....

• @CanDo Age of consent in Canada was raised to 16 years of age back in 2008, part of the Tories violent crime law. The "no more than 5 years" law is still in place. Also, 14 year olds are not children. They regularly explore sex and alcohol, even if you didn't at that age. They are not adults either, they are TEENAGERS and should be treated as such.

• In Canada, the age of legal consent is still 14 years of age, with no more than 5 years difference in age - even after much lobbying to make our Members Parliament (MP) raise the age of consent and lower the age differnce. After much review the statutes and laws remain as they have been for centuries. It makes one wonder where the "interests" of our MP lie. Is it because they do not care about our young girls and children; or is it because they care too much in case they or their sons get caught with underage "consenting" CHILDREN?

• MC, according to Texas law consent is not an issue. She's a minor that has not yet reached "the age of consent", thus the adult is always charged with sexual assault.

• * age of consent 16: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia * age of consent 17: Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Texas * age of consent 18: Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, North Dakota, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

• @Johnny, as I state in my opinion above, I do not think that 17 is old enough to give consent, so it would follow that I would not think it was suddenly ok if she lived in a state where consent is 16. If there were a federal statute, setting the age of consent at 18 nationwide, then that would make me happier and it would at least make the transition to adulthood less schizophrenic. As for my opinion about the 17 year old who received an unsolicited obscene photo of a 23 year old man: I am referring to a child's ability to know if the act of receiving or sending of such a photo rose to a criminal standard. For a 21 year old who gave consent to receive such a photo would not be criminal. For a 17 year old who did not give consent to receive such a photo would be criminal. Age of consent pertains to sexual relations only, not to sending or receiving pornography. Of course, a 17 year old had better know if robbery or murder are wrong.

• @Alexa I was just browsing through some of the other articles here and came across one of your posts and you said this: "The 17 year old is not old enough to determine what is criminal or not, so leaving it entirely up to her is a cop out, frankly" This was in reference to a 23 year old sending a 17 year old a pic of his junk. Whatever the case though, you lack consistency in your opinions.

• @Alexa- So if the girl lived in a state or county where the age of consent is 16 she magically has the ability to give consent where if she is in a different region geographically she doesnt? That's ridiculous and doesnt stand up to scrutiny nor does the idea that he/she has no agency when it comes to sex but does when it comes to criminal acts. Teenagers more than likely do not think about what the long term consequences of committing a crime might be. That is also something that comes with maturity just like with most other things that adults do like spending money, holding a job, etc. If you believe otherwise then that is purely your belief and not an objective fact.

• In the state of Texas, the age of consent is 17. The maximum age difference allowed between the 17 year old and the object of her affection is 3 years. As far as I'm concerned that's still too young, but that's the law as of now. Committing a crime requires knowing if what you are doing is wrong. Most people know well before 16 the difference between right and wrong. Consenting to sex is entirely different. Sex in and of itself is not wrong or right. A child does not yet have the judgment, circumspection, experience or resources to make a sound decision about having sex and all that it entails. There are lots of 30 year olds who don't have any of that, either. But at least at 30, you will have had years of opportunity to obtain it. Time is a mandatory ingredient for maturity.

• But yet a 16 year old can be charged as an adult if they commit a crime, the rationale being that they were old enough to make their own decisions and should suffer the consequences but when it comes to matters of sex they have no agency? Well which is it? Not letting the "hoop's star" off the hook, he's a jerk, but still..

• In the majority of the United States, and the world for that matter, the age of legal consent for sexual relations is 16 year old.

• Murder is a daily occurrence too. A 16 year old cannot give consent.

• I don't care about the rest of the story, but describing consensual sex between a 16-year old and a 22 year old as "child rape" is utterly absurd. How about calling it "a completely normal daily occurrence that your mom won't approve of"?

• I had to giggle when I read "(Yes, those feds are scary good.)" On the one hand, they cleared him in some way that they should not. Such agencies are plagued by a lot of apathetic and unimaginative bureaucrats. I thought Haitians were one of the groups given special immigration waivers because of the condition of their country's politics and, now, it's entire infrastructure? I'm not sure. On the other hand, it just points up how we all still depend on trust to keep people from abusing us. Especially when we want to believe them.

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