Imagined dialogue between an experienced, sympathetic, adult prosecutor with a thirteen year old aspiring model whose mother has called the cops when informed that her daughter had had sex with a rich movie director. Totally fictional.
Girl: Well, I was feeling very high--we all had been drinking, and the Jacuzzi was making me feel sexy, so I thought maybe it was time to say I should go home. Prosecutor: And what did he do then? Girl: He suggested we cuddle a little, and I enjoyed it, and we started to make out, and he snipped a little piece of a pill that he said would make me feel better. We had sex then and I came. I enjoyed it, more than with any boyfriend before. Prosecutor: Did you ever try to make him stop? Girl: Not really. I may have said "no" once or twice, but that was sort of teasing, wasn't it? Prosecutor: Is that really what you want to tell a jury? How would you look to them? Of course that you were sort of willing won't keep them from convicting him, all we need is that you're thirteen and had sex with him. But what will your mother say to you when she sues in a civil court for a million dollars and the jury turns her down because you were willing? Of course you know that being Saron Tite's widower makes him kind of sympathetic, even though it shouldn't really. Girl: But, but--that's really how it happened. Do you want me to lie? Prosecutor: Never, never, never. You really have to tell the truth. But you know, you did take a little bit of a pill. Are you really sure you remember exactly what happened then? Girl: It did make me feel good. But maybe I got a little confused. Prosecutor: I understand. There's something else, though. It's not something I would ever do, but you know there are some people who don't like Hollywood celebrities, and some of them are juvenile justice prosecutors. If you were to get up in court and say you had sex with a man and he didn't force you, you would be admitting what that sort of people would call very very immoral, very very deviant behavior. Lots of girls have been locked up for that sort of thing. Of course they're mainly black, not like you. But they would be awfully angry if you let Pulaski get off. I know them. They would be happy to go after you just to teach a lesson, and you could get locked up for he next seven years. Girl: You really think they'd do that to me? Prosecutor: You don't know what those religious fanatic numbskulls are like. They're practically fascists! Girl: I'm scared. What should I do? Prosecutor: Don't be scared. I'll make sure you're safe. Now let's just go over what happened again. Try to remember better now....
Shane Mage
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> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
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