Wait a minute
how the **** was he convicted?
Since no crime occurred, one is left to conclude that he was convicted without any evidence.
You'd be amazed how easily he-said-she-said arguments turn into "the jury believes her and not him."
A friend of a friend was starting a new relationship with a woman a bit older than him, who had a 16-year-old daughter. The daughter hated him, so she made up a story about how he had raped her. The guy has a rap sheet with a few very minor things on it, so the jury immediately went "poor defenseless girl versus criminal." There was zero evidence, zero anything other than that the girl was a good actress. My friend was asked to testify on his behalf as a "character witness," but it wasn't enough and the dude was convicted for statutory. 16 will get you 20, indeed!