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How I discovered my partner was an undercover police officer sent to spy on me
(www.independent.co.uk)
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this post was submitted on 24 May 2025
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If he was asked if he got money and said yes, would that then be rape?
I'm trying to understand where the line is. Obviously in this story, the cop raped them, but I'm not sure it's as clean cut for every situation.
I'm not incredibly interested in pondering hypothetical questions. Rape is a complicated topic and the existence of a grey area doesn't mean that everything is a grey area.
If someone lies to their victim about every single part of their personal life and history, while they ostensibly think their victim is a criminal and are acting as an agent of state to arrest them, their friends, and stop a cause they believe strongly in, convincing them to participate in sex is immoral. If someone wants to "devil's advocate" they can do so with their therapist.
Bit late but I'm not here to play devil's advocate or ponder hypotheticals.
How we define laws and crimes do have an impact on people (look at the UK definition of rape) as well as how we can pursue and convict criminals in a court of law.
Depending on how you frame the law and the accusations, this guy could be set free or rightfully put in jail.