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What do I think, well, you got a mess! I think you should get your attorney for “dropping” the fact that there was a tape in the first place, when you mentioned there, at that point, had been nothing formally done regarding a rape. That might be considered professional misconduct as he should have never opened his mouth. I would talk to him about that and maybe a reduction of fees or something as you didnt have to deal with this porn thing had he not brought it into the picture. Paying for a defense HE CREATED is BS.
You never mentioned how old the girl was, just that she was a minor. But I am assuming she is at least 16. Even though it is technically child porn, it is obviously consentual and the girl is not that young….Like a child or something. I think those two aspects will help as teens nowadays are “Sexting” and everything else, so society and the police are not as concerned as they are when they are very small. Quite different. Regarding the taking so long, they are probably just busy with other cases that are more important or more severe, ACTUAL childporn cases or more pending criminal cases…..thats all. Again, you have to take into consideration many factors, are you in a big city or small town. Big cities are used to these things, whereas small towns havent seen much and are more likely to charge at least something, maybe. Make sense? But I think in the end, the girl is allowing it and is probably close to her age of majority anyway. Its not like she wasnt a willing party to the whole thing. Definately a mitigating factor.
Your lawyer can push the card as much as he wants, but the DA will take as long as the court allows postponements. And if they keep allowing it, so be it. You just have to wait. You see, it could work both ways if your attorney needed more time to get your defense, so postponements are a ***** in that you are hanging not knowing what is going on while time seems to keep going and going and going. Very stressful, but pretty much part of the way the system works. Sometimes years go by before it is resolved. But if the attorney really gets tired of it, he can file to get a summary judgment, which means a ruling on what they have accumulated to that point. They may just give you the old deal to clear their calander and close the case with the original theft charge as I dont see how you are going to get out of that one. The others, maybe, probabaly, but not the theft.
But again, let me emphasize that this attorney was out of line when he spoke and brought this whole thing about the porn into focus. Dont let him BS you, as they love to do that when they make a mistake and THEY DO MAKE MISTAKES! He should have kept it to himself and then you would have only had to deal with the possible rape and theft. The porn would have been left out. Especially since at that point, nothing had been charged regarding the rape. When or if they charged the rape, he should have CONSIDERED mentioning the video, but totally NOT BEFORE. Do you see? He was out of line. AND to add insult to injury, he is charging you to defend you for something HE CREATED. I would have a nice little conversation with this guy…..You have a nice case for attorney misconduct and every state has a place to file complaints, which I know he would not want. Mention this and it might just get him off his butt and do something good for you as now his butt is on the line….You would be amazed when you put their butt in the fire along with yours.
Hey good luck and dont steal any more laptops nor date underage girls…..let this be a lesson.

I hope you learned your lesson about fooling around with underaged girls. Statuatory rape may be in play. If the girls is underaged in you video you are screwed. 5 years minimum in federal prison. See Bob Gamer of boston who plead guilty yesterday.