Court says minor’s ‘consent’ to sex with teacher is no defense for school district
A Los Angeles jury’s denial of damages to an eighth-grade student who was led into having sex with her teacher prompted the Legislature to change state law: A minor’s “consent” to sex with an adult in a position of authority cannot be used as a defense in a civil suit. That law takes effect next year. But on Wednesday, a state appeals court said the trial judge never should have let the jury consider the girl’s consent under current law, and granted her a new trial in her suit against the school district. “The victim of a crime does not bear any responsibility for the harm she suffers from the