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Potential false accusation and how to handle this
<p>I am a 22-year-old male, and last fall, I found this girl in an online chat site. When I asked her age, she told me she was 19. We exchanged numbers and started texting a lot every day. I had started liking her, and I told her about my feelings. She said she needed time, but in February, she finally said that she was ready to be in a relationship with me. It has been about two months now.</p>

<p>This morning, I received a text from her number saying that the person is her mother and she is a "minor", and she will be pressing charges against me. I am very scared. I have all the evidence of the texts she sent me, but I am petrified. How do I handle this? </p>

<p>Start by not continuing the relationship. It is not a crime to "have feelings for" a minor, or to express them, unless the court orders you to not do so. There is no law in Washington against sending lewd pictures <em>to</em> a minor, but being in possession of lewd pictures <em>of</em> a minor is a felony. Once a court has judged a thing to be <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.68&amp;full=true" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"erotic material"</a>, there are labeling-related restrictions on further distribution. It therefore depends on exactly what you did. </p>
