P.
P. v. Donkor CA2/8
Opinion
Opinion
FACTS
In January 2012, 15-year-old Alison S. began visiting the website myyearbook.com. Online, she encountered Donkor, who identified himself on the site as 18-year-old Mystic Magnus. Donkor was in fact 40 years old. At first, Alison told Donkor she was not interested in him. However, in March, Donkor contacted Alison again online, and they began communicating. Although Alison’s original online profile indicated she was 17 years old, early in her communications with Donkor she told him she was actually 15. Alison gave Donkor her telephone number, at his request. At first, he called her once or twice a week, and sent her daily text messages. Eventually, they began talking on the telephone every day. Donkor asked Alison to be his girlfriend. She agreed. Approximately once a week, Donkor brought up the topic of sex. Donkor told Alison that if she loved him she would “give him [her] innocence,” and that girlfriends satisfy their boyfriends by having sex. They made plans to have sex. Donkor told Alison he wanted to marry her, but she said she was not ready to think about it as she was only 15. In May 2012, Donkor told Alison that if they were going to get married in the future they…