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Justin Roiland used his ‘Rick and Morty’ fame to pursue young fans, text messages show
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According to the article he would text underage women but would refuse to meet them until they were 18. Seems like he was operating within the law.
That's called grooming, it's arguably worse.
I'm pretty sure that having sex with underage girls is worse but that's just me.
The worst thing is the hypocrisy!
Wow. You think that's actually defensible?
You called him a pedo, but he doesn't appear to be one. Correcting your mistake doesn't mean anyone is defending him.
How is he not a pedo when he was sexting teenagers? Just because he waited until it was legal to fuck them?
He is a pedo he's just smart enough to wait until they're 18 to assault them.
Unfortunately making a pass at a minor isn't in itself illegal anyplace I'm aware of.
Touching one definitely and if he tried to meet up with them in person it would show intent.
Soliciting child porn though? Rape, I mean, he fotced oral sex. That's rape.
The guy should be in prison and I suspect with NBC handing thr cops all of this evidence, someone will charge him with something soon.
Sexting minors (under 18) is illegal in most places, including California, even if they're above the age of consent.
....yes? He's waiting till they're 18. Besides the fact that, as someone referenced above, in many states the age of consent is 16, so, if he was really scummy, he wouldn't have even waited at all.
Don't bother, they have a weird way about sexuality and age of consent, puritan nutjob heritage.
Again, I find it very hard to believe that adults can sext teenagers legally. I'd like some evidence for that claim.
They make lists of illegal acts in the law books, they don't generally list the legal ones. I'm curious if this is a crime as well, so please share with the rest of us if you find the answer to this question.
You're curious if this was a crime, but above you're saying it isn't a big deal because he waited until they were 18 to act. Which is it?
Literally nobody said that. Nobody is trying to defend this guy. Suggesting that Roiland was "operating within the law" is a claim of the facts of the case, not a defense of the morality of his actions.
Where did I say that? Please cite the text.
You appear to be projecting a lot of positions onto my comments that I do not hold. All I've said is that he does not seem to have broken the law based on the article and my own legal knowledge, I never said anything about what was or was not, "a big deal." Having sex with 18-year-olds is not an example of pedophilia, legally speaking.
Your response to me calling him a pedo, not a legal claim mind you, was:
That sure sounds like you're saying it isn't a big deal to me.
Does it? I suggest you work on your reading comprehension then, because I neither wrote nor implied any such thing. I made a legal claim in the text you quoted, not a moral one.
A legal claim in response to a moral claim, which, again, sounds pretty dismissive.
If you construe anything short of picking up a pitchfork and loudly virtue signaling alongside you as disagreement, you're going to mistakenly presume a lot.
Morally or legally?
Does it being legal make it okay? And I'm not sure sending sexual messages to 16-year-olds is legal.
I don't think they are defending him, but if they're right he's adhering to the letter of the law, not necessarily the spirit of it.
Is adults texting sexually explicit things to 16-year-olds legal? I find that hard to believe.