Schoolgirl, 13, reveals horrific abuse as child rape is ‘legal’ in half of US states
Schoolgirl, 13, reveals horrific abuse at hands of predator, 33, as child rape is ‘legal’ in half of US states
Shocking figures show almost 210,000 girls as young as 12, were forced to marry between 2000 and 2010, and 75 per cent wed adult men.And Tina, known only by her first name, was one of them, at the tender age of 13.Instead, he was granted a licence to marry her the exact same year, in Louisville, Kentucky.news.com.au“I didn’t have anyone to turn to so I didn’t think I had an out. When I tried to leave my husband reported me as a runaway and authorities took me back to him.
Laws have recently changed in the US state of Kentucky with the introduction of a bill that sets the minimum legal age for marriage at 17.
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