A sixteen-year-old boy consents to engage in sexual intercourse with his twenty-year-old girlfriend who he intends to marry. What offense, if any, can be filed?

a. No crime because they intend to marry
b. Sexual assault
c. Aggravated sexual assault
d. Assault
e. Aggravated assault


Answer: b. Sexual assault

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