CALIFORNIA
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SACRAMENTO (AP) – California defendants accused of sexually abusing children will no longer be able to use a consent defense in civil cases.
Gov. Jerry Brown announced Thursday he signed legislation introduced after Los Angeles Unified School District avoided liability for a teacher having sex with a 14-year-old girl.
The teacher was sentenced to three years in prison in 2011 for lewd acts against a child. The district avoided having to pay the victim money in the subsequent civil case after its attorney argued the girl shared responsibility by consenting.
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