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EVERYONE AGREES.
WE INVESTIGATE "OUTFRONT."
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES IN
INDIAN RIVER, FLORIDA, SAY THIS
IS A *** PREDATOR.
>> I'M SCARED OF LOSING MY LIFE,
THE REST OF MY LIFE, NOT BEING
ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE AND BE
AROUND KIDS AND MY SISTERS AND
MY FAMILY.
>> Reporter: INSTEAD OF TRYING
OUT THIS MONTH FOR A COLLEGE
CHEER TEAM, 18-YEAR-OLD KAITLYN
HUNT IS DEFENDING HERSELF
AGAINST CHARGES SHE SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED A CHILD.
EXCEPT THAT CHILD IS HUNT'S HIGH
SCHOOL CLASSMATE, A FRIEND WHO
ALSO PLAYED ON THE VARSITY
BASKETBALL TEAM, THE PROBLEM IS
THAT HUNT IS A SENIOR.
THE YOUNGER GIRL, A FRESHMAN,
AGE, 14.
>> TO HOLD SOMEONE ACCOUNTABLE
FOR A FELONY, FOG HAVING A
RELATIONSHIP WITH A PEER SEEMS
OUTRAGEOUS TO ME.
>> Reporter: IT'S NOT JUST THE
LAW THAT SEEMS OUTRAGEOUS TO THE
FAMILY BUT THE PUNISHMENT.
KAITLYN HUNT IS FACING 15 YEARS
IN JAIL AND A LIFETIME LABELLED
AS A *** PREDATOR.
SHE TURNED DOWN A PLEA THAT
WOULD HAVE OFFERED HOUSE ARREST
AND PROBATION BECAUSE IT WOULD
MEAN TWO CHILD ABUSE FELONIES ON
HER RECORD.
>> THE DECISION LIKE THAT IS
LIKE THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS,
YOU KNOW?
HER LIFE HAS BEEN DESTROYED
ALREADY.
>> Reporter: THE PARENTS OF THE
YOUNGER GIRL SAY HUNT KNEW THE
RELATIONSHIP WAS NOT
APPROPRIATE.
>> WE HAD ACTUALLY TOLD MISS
HUNT THAT THIS WAS WRONG.
>> Reporter: COURT DOCUMENTS
SHOW POLICE BELIEVE BASED ON A
FACEBOOK MESSAGE "SHE KNOWS
SHE'S 18 AND THERE CAN BE
CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR
RELATIONSHIP."
>> WE HAD NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO
TURN TO THE LAW.
AND USE -- AND BASICALLY A LAST
RESORT.
>> Reporter: THE SHERIFF ON THIS
SMALL TOWN SAYS THIS IS NOT
ABOUT ANYONE'S ***
ORIENTATION.
THIS IS THE LAW.
IN FLORIDA, A 14-YEAR-OLD CAN'T
CONSENT TO SEX.
IMAGINE THE PRESSURE A FRESHMAN
MIGHT FEEL BEING APPROACHED BY
AN OLDER CLASSMATE.
>> WE HAVE HAD CASES IN THE PAST
WHERE WE HAVE HAD SAME-SEX
SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES ALTHOUGH
THE EVIDENCE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
AS INTRIGUING, I GUESS.
WE'VE ALSO OBVIOUSLY HAD
18-YEAR-OLD MALES WITH
RELATIONSHIP WITH 14-YEAR-OLD
FEMALES.
>> Reporter: POLICE RECORDED A
PHONE CALL WHERE BOTH GIRLS
ADMIT TO THE RELATIONSHIP.
HUNT IS NOT THE FIRST HIGH
SCHOOL SENIOR TO FIND OUT THAT
SEX WITH A FRESHMAN IS IN SOME
PLACES ILLEGAL.
BUT HER FAMILY BELIEVES THE
YOUNGER GIRL'S PARENTS WOULDN'T
BE UPSET IF KATELIN WAS A BOY.
>> WE WOULD NOT BE HERE IF THE
PARENTS WERE NOT BIGOTED.
TO TAKE IT CRIMINALLY I FEEL
LIKE THEY'RE USING THE AGE LAW
TO PURSUE THEIR AGENDA.
>> Reporter: A CLAIM THE OTHER
FAMILY REJECTS.
>> IT DIDN'T COME FROM US
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW WE FEEL.
>> Reporter: WHEN HUNT GOES TO
TRIAL IN JUNE SHE'LL HAVE THE
BACKING OF THE ACLU.
THE STATE ATTORNEY BRUCE COLTON
TOLD CNN QUOTE, I DO THINK IT'S
A SHAME THAT THIS CASE COULDN'T
BE SETTLED IN SOME OTHER WAY.
HUNT'S LAWYER SAYS THEY NEVER
ASKED FOR THIS CASE TO BE
COMPLETELY DROPPED.