Why are people acting like he fucked a child? She was 17. And she was consenting so it's not rape, it's statutory rape. 18 is the age consent in only about half of the states in the US; everywhere else it's 17 or 16, except Washington where it's 21. I'm not defending him, he still committed statutory rape, which is a crime that he needs to answer to. But grow the fuck up and don't act like he's fucking 9 year olds - if they'd had sex in Nevada (LITERALLY one state over) where the age of consent is 16, it would have been legal and we wouldn't even be having these conversations. Use your brain.