'The way the law is written now, there's no way to prevent someone who is 50 years old from going after someone who is 16,' said the girl's father, Rob Fields, 38, Bedford. At 17, under Indiana law, she was old enough to consent to sex. He wanted her to meet him at his office and at his house when his wife wasn't home.īy the time they had sex, the law couldn't protect her. He told her how awesome it was that she was still a virgin, how stupid the boys her age were for not trying to get in her pants, how he would be trying to all the time if he were in high school. He was a trusted family friend who had been like part of the family since she was 14. He was 39, more than twice her age.įor years, her parents said they later found out, the older man had been flattering the teen.
