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Litigation

Nov. 21, 2014

Lawyer's controversial comments to radio station shed light on conflicting laws

Comments by a Los Angeles Unified School District attorney who argued that a 14-year-old girl could consent to having sex with her teacher have shed light on seemingly conflicting views of consent between the state's civil and criminal law.


By Matt Hamilton


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Comments by a Los Angeles Unified School District attorney who argued that a 14-year-old girl could consent to having sex with her teacher have shed light on seemingly conflicting views of consent between California's civil and criminal laws.


Keith Wyatt, a partner at Los Angeles-based Ivie, McNeill & Wyatt, recently told public radio station KPCC that a student who sued the sch...

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