What is Statutory Rape in Illinois? Attorneys Christopher Combs and Joshua Boardman from Combs Waterkotte discuss everything you need to know about Illinois sex crime charges, including sexual assault, sexual abuse, rape, and more.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: What is statutory rape in Illinois?
Joshua Boardman: So, Illinois doesn’t necessarily define statutory rape within their criminal statutes. It can be a commonly described conduct, but that’s not what they call it there. What they’re going to define within that sort of definition is going to be their predatory criminal sexual abuse, predatory criminal sexual assault charges.
Christopher Combs: So, that’s different than Missouri then?
Boardman: That would be a differentiation. Yes, Illinois does not have a specific statutory rape statute on the books defined as that. Now, they certainly have statutes that control that kind of behavior as all other states do.
