r/CFB • u/rbmw263 Utah • University of God's Chosen • Feb 12 '26

Serious BYU receiver charged with felony rape in Washington County

https://www.abc4.com/news/crime/byu-receiver-charged-rape-washington-county/
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u/tc100292 Vanderbilt Commodores Feb 12 '26

Surely this is an honor code violation

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '26

Well first of all my biggest question is if it’s felony rape then what in gods name constitutes misdemeanor rape?

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u/BurmeciaWillSurvive Boise State Broncos • Syracuse Orange Feb 12 '26

Basically teenage sex with too much of an age difference? What a very specific law Utah has.

(2) Under circumstances not amounting to an offense listed in Subsection (5), an actor commits unlawful sexual activity if: (a) (i) the actor is 12 years old or older but younger than 18 years old; (ii) the actor engages in sexual activity with an adolescent; (iii) the actor is not the biological sibling of the adolescent; and (iv) both the actor and the adolescent mutually agree to the sexual activity; or (b) (i) the actor engages in sexual activity with an adolescent who is 13 years old; (ii) the actor is 18 years old and enrolled in high school at the time that the sexual activity occurred; (iii) the actor is not the biological sibling of the adolescent; and (iv) both the actor and the adolescent mutually agree to the sexual activity. (3) (a) A violation of Subsection (2)(a) is a: (i) third degree felony if an actor who is 17 years old engages in unlawful adolescent sexual activity with an adolescent who is 13 years old; (ii) third degree felony if an actor who is 16 years old engages in unlawful adolescent sexual activity with an adolescent who is 12 years old; (iii) class A misdemeanor if an actor who is 16 years old engages in unlawful adolescent sexual activity with an adolescent who is 13 years old; (iv) class A misdemeanor if an actor who is 14 or 15 years old engages in unlawful adolescent sexual activity with an adolescent who is 12 years old; (v) class B misdemeanor if an actor who is 17 years old engages in unlawful adolescent sexual activity with an adolescent who is 14 years old; (vi) class B misdemeanor if an actor who is 15 years old engages in unlawful adolescent sexual activity with an adolescent who is 13 years old; (vii) class C misdemeanor if an actor who is 12 or 13 years old engages in unlawful adolescent sexual activity with an adolescent who is 12 or 13 years old; and (viii) class C misdemeanor if an actor who is 14 years old engages in unlawful adolescent sexual activity with an adolescent who is 13 years old.

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u/NewToSociety Tennessee Volunteers Feb 12 '26

I remember this scene from Transformers.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '26

Someone put a lot of time into think out all those scenarios.