Nebraska Legislature hears emotional testimony related to two anti-digital grooming bills

LINCOLN, Neb. (KMTV) — On Thursday there was emotional testimony from a 16-year-old lady who stated she was sexually focused by her soccer coach when she was 13.

She and her mother testified that they are afraid the coach would not have been prosecuted if it wasn’t for a confession that he meant to have intercourse together with her.

This was throughout hearings on two anti-digital grooming payments.

Proponents say present legal guidelines do not stop highly-sexualized conversations with minors and weak adults.

“There weren’t many legal guidelines to guard me on-line after I was 13. Now, three years later, think about what number of extra tales, what number of extra ladies have been affected. Nonetheless, nothing to guard us,” stated Grace Corrigan, a sufferer of an enticement try.

“There’s a lot grey space there and predators know precisely what they’re doing, and so they’re utilizing pictures of youngsters for their very own sexual gratification,” Amie Konwinski, Good Gen Society.

Good Gen Society works with minors on digital security. Its analysis reveals about 60% of sexual assault victims within the final decade have been minors.

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