Statutory rape victim forced to pay child support

[TorchTheWitch]

82. There may actually be another law that would cover this

At least the part about him owing any child support.

I've been watching a ton of 48 Hours and Dateline episodes online for several weeks and watched one a few nights ago about a woman who was raped by her husband. He was convicted in the criminal trial and went to prison but because she was the bread winner in the family and this was a state that alimony as well as child support is a requirement she was required to pay her attacker alimony even though he was in prison.

She was so agast that she went on a campaign to pass a law that makes it illegal for anyone to profit off of someone that they victimized, and the law passed. I just don't recall the name of the law or all that it entails since her case was very different than this guy's, but I do remember that the show said anyone that victimizes a person can't profit off of them.

This sounds like the same sort of situation... someone trying to profit off of a person that they victimized. The only thing that worries me is that the court might be able to claim that the child support is for the child, so the woman isn't the one that profits. In this case clearly the guy was victimized due to his age and the state's law on statutory rape which can easily be proved, and it was due to that victimization that led to the pregnancy in the first place.

I'll have to watch that show again particularly the part at the end about the law the woman was able to have passed.

If anyone is interested in watching it, here...