I wonder if this would still have made the news had he done this outside of California, where the age of consent is 18 [1]. Most of the country (31 states) has an age of consent of 16, 8 have it at 17, and the remaining have it at 18.

Not saying this is acceptable, since the age issue isn't as bad as how he abused his position of power, but just giving some extra context to the situation. In most of the country, the sentence below wouldn't apply:

> Byrd feels the time has come for Kricfalusi to be held accountable, particularly, she said, after the police told her in December that Kricfalusi’s alleged crimes against her were too old to investigate. “He shouldn’t be able to get away with that,” she said.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_the_United_...