CONNECTICUT : Rape/Molestation Statutes of Limitation
In the state of Connecticut, a person is guilty of first-degree sexual assault if:
1. compels another person to engage in sexual intercourse by the use of force against such other person or a third person, or by the threat of use of force against such other person or against a third person which reasonably causes such person to fear physical injury to such person or a third person, or
2. engages in sexual intercourse with another person and such other person is under thirteen years of age and the actor is more than two years older than such person, or
3. commits sexual assault in the second degree (as provided in section 53a-71) and in the commission of such offense is aided by two or more other persons actually present, or
4. engages in sexual intercourse with another person and such other person is mentally incapacitated to the extent that such other person is unable to consent to such sexual intercourse.
A person is guilty of second-degree sexual assault if:
1. Such other person is thirteen years of age or older but under sixteen years of age and the actor is more than two years older than such person; or
2. such other person is mentally defective to the extent that such other person is unable to consent to such sexual intercourse; or
3. such other person is physically helpless; or
4. such other person is less than eighteen years old and the actor is such person's guardian or otherwise responsible for the general supervision of such person's welfare; or
5. such other person is in custody of law or detained in a hospital or other institution and the actor has supervisory or disciplinary authority over such other person; or
6. the actor is a psychotherapist and such other person is
a. a patient of the actor and the sexual intercourse occurs during the psychotherapy session,
b. a patient or former patient of the actor and such patient or former patient is emotionally dependent upon the actor, or
c. a patient or former patient of the actor and the sexual intercourse occurs by means of therapeutic deception; or
7. the actor accomplishes the sexual intercourse by means of false representation that the sexual intercourse is for a bona fide medical purpose by a health care professional; or
8. the actor is a school employee and such other person is a student enrolled in a school in which the actor works or a school under the jurisdiction of the local or regional board of education which employs the actor.
A person is guilty of third-degree sexual assault if:
1. compels another person to submit to sexual contact by the use of force against such other person or a third person, or by the threat of use of force against such other person or against a third person, which reasonably causes such other person to fear physical injury to himself or herself or a third person, or
2. engages in sexual intercourse with another person whom the actor knows to be related to him or her within any of the degrees of kindred specified in section 46b-21.
The statute of limitations for Connecticut state that adult victims of sexual assault have five (5) years from the commission of the crime to seek formal charges against the offender.
Bob sexually assaults Jane. It takes her three years before she feels safe enough to tell someone what happened. Because Connecticut allows five (5) years within which the case must be prosecuted, Bob can still be convicted for Jane's assault.
For sexual assault against a minor, Connecticut allows either: two (2) years from the time the child reaches the age of majority (18), or five (5) years after the crime is reported for the case to prosecuted, whichever is shorter. In either case, the victim shall have no less than five (5) years.
Bob sexually assaults Jane when she's 14 years old. She reports him when she's 16 years old. Bob must be prosecuted by the time she's 20 years old, as it is within two (2) years of her reaching the age of majority (18); it is the shorter time period between that and allowing 5 years from the date of the report.
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