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The Stars Have Aligned - Perez Hilton Could Face Jail

There's also a cellphone picture circulating in the bowels of the internets showing Miley giving a blowjob to her ex-boyfriend. As far as I know, the participants or anyone involved disseminating the images haven't been charged with child pornography.

I'm confident the deal with Perez is a non-issue.
 
ranguvar said:
OK, so in the US the average girl loses her virginity at about 14 years of age, but it's child pornography if you take an up-skirt snapshot of a 17 year old? Welcome to America! :rolleyes:
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Yes but the average 14 YO isn't losing it to a full grown adult many states have specifics on sexual consent laws for these kinds of reasons though underage sex may be frowned upon between two children there are laws in some states concerning age gaps between the consenting juveniles when it comes to sexual activity since it is commonly known that it is not that enforceable and it is better to teach safe sex. Many states have a cut off age at 18 some at 16 for the upper limit and if both are under either age there is a 3 to 4 year difference in age law in effect in many states for certain kinds of statutory rape--which means a 16 year old cannot legally have sex with an 11 year old in some jurisdictions.
 
Shivetya said:
Unfortunately for him, photoshopped pictures qualify as a violation of the law. If you paste the face of a child on an nude adult or specific parts onto a minor your are guilty.
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Probably rightly so. AFAIK this is also similar to the law in the UK. However, I do wonder about Jake and Dinos Chapman. Like them or loathe them (and some do), they are extremely highly rated artists in the UK, with shows in some of the top galleries in the country (I've seen them).

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=jake+and+dinos+chapman NOT WORK SAFE (and this isn't even an image search)

As far as I can see, they are blatantly in breach of the law. I'm not saying they should be arrested, just wondering why the law doesn't seem to apply to them. It's ART doncha know?

Dagless said:
Or where you can serve your country and go on any number of killing sprees in the name of peace before you're allowed to drink alcohol.

I've always wondered about foreign laws though.

Say if the photo in question was featured in a UK publication, where the age of consent is 16. Would that be legal?
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Legal. See the Sun or News of the World practically every day. Go on the Tube or the bus, and someone next to you may well will be reading a newspaper with a 17 year old Page 3 girl topless and full-page. Not sure if they actually use under 18s though. I think they avoid them now.
Or what if someone was to view 16 year old US porn, in the US that would be illegal but what if the viewers country had a younger age of consent?

And a side Q- would an 18 year old US soldier serving in a country with younger drinking laws, would that be legal?
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Generally, GENERALLY, the law of where you physically are applies. I went drinking in the pubs a lot as an 18-year old, like many UK teenagers. It was odd to go to the bar in the USA as a 20-year old and realise that I couldn't legally drink for another year.

Institutions like the Army may however have extra rules governing what you can do in your off time. So a USA 20-year old grunt serving abroad would not be breaking local laws by drinking, but might have to answer to his sergeant if he's ever found out.

Many countries are also bringing in laws regulating conduct of their own citizens while abroad - these are generally for violent and sexual abuse offences eg. stopping their own citizens from going to Thailand and renting children.
 
I can't stand this ****! He makes a living from others misfortunes and mishaps. Throw him in a cell with the biggest, horniest inmate.;)
 
Why Perez Hilton won't go to jail.

And the simple answer is he is a celebrity he will get away with it. No one will remember in 10 years and he will still be a free man.
 
I think the DOJ said they are not even investigating this.


That-Is-Bull said:
I hate to defend this guy, but what the hell happens in the six months from 17.5 years old to 18 years old that makes the former worth 15 years and sex offender status for life?
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The law is not reflecting morality in this situation, period. Even if there is some moral difference between 17.5 (or 17 and 364 days) and 18, and I'd be interested to hear what exactly the moral difference is, I don't think anyone can rationally argue that the magnitude of the moral difference is such that it justifies a 15 year prison sentence in the former case and zero punishment whatsoever in the latter. The fact that 17.5 year olds and 5 years olds are treated the same, 18.0 year olds and 40 year olds are treated the same, but the difference between 17.5 and 18 is the same as between 5 and 40, is simply not rational.
 
waloshin said:
And the simple answer is he is a celebrity he will get away with it. No one will remember in 10 years and he will still be a free man.
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He is a celebrity? In what calibre? He just seems like pond scum to me. Even if he is he still shouldn't get away with anything like this.
 
People like Perez Hilton manifest when our collective level of stupidity reaches a new high. It's mother natures way of punishing us.

I can just imagine how bitchy and whiny and irritating a guy like that would be to be around. Imagine having to physically be around him, wouldn't that just drive you mad :D
 
Shivetya said:
Unfortunately for him, photoshopped pictures qualify as a violation of the law. If you paste the face of a child on an nude adult or specific parts onto a minor your are guilty.
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Actually, this is not true. Only actual child pornography is illegal. Faux-child pornography (that does not include children at all) is not illegal (see: all those "teen" porn sites). Moreover, if you grab a non-pornography picture of a child and paste a nude adult body onto it like you said, that's not illegal.
 
Very few people invoke feelings of actual hatred in me; but for some reason Perez basically makes me red in the face every time he does something and I unfortunately hear about it. Every time I hear or see him mentioned I just want to buy a plane ticket to where ever he is, find him then hit him in the face repeatedly with a shovel until I pass out from exhaustion.
 
I didn't even know who this dude was....or even the fact that he is a guy. I only started seeing his name mentioned a few months ago. Until I looked up his name, I actually thought "Perez Hilton" was just some stupid slang name for "Paris Hilton." Something that people just suddenly started calling her... :confused:
 
I can't stand that talentless creature, hopefully he gets what he deserves.:)
 
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