[Mountaindewed]

I had an incident in school in 2007 when I was 14 that could easily have sent me to jail. Instead I got sent to the hospital and got told to leave the school. She never pressed charges

I'm just wondering if she can still press charges 17 years later. I am now 31 so I know it seems a bit unlikely but you just hear all this stuff about people from 2003 or so who are trying to press charges now

[divine1966]

There is a statute of limitations preventing people from filing charges years later (there are some exceptions that have no limitations like terrorism and other severe stuff etc . )

You can’t be prosecuted that many years later.

Theoretically she can sue in civil court if she suffered damages but you were a child. So that’s not going to happen

[NatalieJastrow]

Originally Posted by Mountaindewed

I'm just wondering if she can still press charges 17 years later. I am now 31 so I know it seems a bit unlikely but you just hear all this stuff about people from 2003 or so who are trying to press charges now

She also needs the prosecutor to agree and I am guessing prosecutors are overwelmed with this years' cases. Also evidence and witnesses are likely in the wind.

If you are referring to all the "me too" cases that are being filed... that is due to a special law which drastically extended the statute of limitations.