Do I have any lafal recourse if my 17 year old daughter has a 17 year old male “friend” who is using coercion to initiate a sexual encounter with her?

Do I have any lafal recourse if my 17 year old daughter has a 17 year old male “friend” who is using coercion to initiate a sexual encounter with her?

My daughter is under the care of a licensed psychiatric counselor for inappropriate coping (she is a “cutter”). I have confronted him and he has maintained that my husband and I cannot prevent him from doing so as she is past the age of consent and he is a minor.

Asked on December 21, 2012 under Criminal Law, Oklahoma

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