I think your decision about consequences exceeds the crime.
There are so many others with real guilt in this incident and none of them are being called out.
Your sympathies and empathy are with the girl. Yes, the original incident did occur when she was 15. But she is now 18 and Mom is still monitoring her phone and email. That doesn't sound normal to me. She also contrived to get Mo to send her the text again. Does that sound like attempted entrapment?
The revenge porn thing is a misdemeanor. The possession of the video can either be considered a felony or misdemeanor. The original distributor of the video was charged with a misdemeanor.
He's being singled out because he has become a public figure.
If Mo had more common sense, he would never have responded to the initial email exchange that she initiated.
The alarms should have gone off immediately, "Danger, Danger Will Robinson"
I agree with you on most of this. I sympathise with the girl because of the manner that the video was sent to her. What had happened was in the past and it was thrown in her face.
I've also posted, a couple of times, that I think she has judgment errors and her contacting Mo was just another judgment error. None of this would have transpired had Taylor not contacted Mo.
I think Mom is very protective of Taylor now. If you read Taylor's essay, I think you would understand some of the reasoning for that. It may be fairly common in these situations. I don't have any experience in that area so I don't know. I suspect that Mom was coaching Taylor inthat "send me the video again, I didn't see it" text as Mom was trying to prove without a doubt that Mo sent the video.
I just think that this entire incident is once again painting the NU football program in a very unfavorable light. Remember, that all of this happened after Mo signed his LOI with NU so he became a defacto Husker. No he wasn't on campus but was already a member of Husker Nation. I hate the crap that other teams and fans are going to throw our way, no matter how this is resolved. Been there, done that, deplore it.
I also don't like the shade throwing by Mo. Yes, Taylor initiated the encounter but the DA colloborates her story of sending a contratulatory message and then Mo escallating into a sexual conversation. Once she turned him down and Mom blocked the phone number, then the video and text was sent. Not cool, IMO.
I would have way more sympathy for Taylor had this happened without her initiating the conversation but I think there may be something deeper going on with Mo, but that's just a gut feeling and I may be full of you know what.
Edit: Chris, I think, posted far earlier in this thread why charges were not brought against anyone. If I understand correctly because they were all underage, they were all considered victims and guilty party. The young man who recorded (one of the two) was prosecuted for the kiddie porn thing.
Love the Danger, Danger Will Robinson thing. One of my hubbie's favorite lines.