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AOL Monitor Accused of Luring 15-Year-Old for Sex
Amy's Robot writes "According to the AP, an Internet chat room monitor hired by AOL to keep children safe from sexual predators seduced a California girl online and was about to meet her for sex when he was found out by a co-worker, a lawsuit charges. The incident happened 2 years ago, but has become public this week because the lawsuit was just filed by the girl, now 19. She accuses AOL of failing to supervise the employee and of falsely advertising that its online service was safe for children. Who's watching the watchers?"
I do support the right of people to sue big corporations, however.
Just for the money!
eat shiat and bark at the moon
Is this story, and one of the comments is by this girl: :Having been in the same position as the "victim" here, I'm inclined to agree
with your sentiment.
That is, I've dated older men online (years and years ago) when I was around
that age. Indeed, I met my fiance when I was around 14 and he was about 19.
He is probably the oldest person I've ever been involved with, but it was
extremely awkward when we were dating for the first few years, especially
when he turned 20 and I was still under the AOC in my state (and still in
high school, though not for long).
It's unfair to call the younger one in this relationship a "victim" and
especially unfair to call the older one a "pedophile" or even a sexual
predator when all signs seem to point to the opposite; a consenting and
apparently rather close relationship."
Ok, at the beginning she says "He is *probably* the oldest"...She doesn't even
remember?
Second...if he is her current fiancee...She met him when she was 14, and
either she was active enough that she can't remember all the guys from BEFORE
14 or she is cheating on her fiancee...
Or, she just wants to sound cool and older, since she's some young dork...
Weird discussion. Geeks talking about pedo/maturity...Odd viewpoints in the
comments...