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Pressured by you? >> she might have, but i didnt mean to pressure her at all. >> what did you think when you left? >> that we would continue talking and everything was going to be okay. ten days later, the cops showed up at my house. >> you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. >> they put me in the holding cell for about three hours. i was nervous and didnt really know what was going on. >> you think it was okay to have sex with a ...

I immediately started crying. i broke down. >> how much prison or jail time is he facing potentially? >> it could be up to 40 years in prison and lifetime registry on the sex offender list. never in my wildest dreams did i think this would ever happen to one of my kids. >> for much of zacks life, carrie raised him as a single mom. as a kid, zack struggled with bullying and depression. but things started looking up two years ago when he changed schools, joined the cheer team, and started dating. ...

You felt like you had to go along? >> kind of. hes kind of a forceful person. he kind of like pressures and pressures and pressures until you finally do something. >> okay. >> i do feel for her, you know. she was a freshman. he was a popular senior. she didnt want to upset this popular boy. i mean these two barely even interacted in person, and then there they were having sex. so, you know, its not a black-and-white case. but the big question is does zack deserve to possibly go to prison and be ...

>> like a lot of teens, zack had big plans -- going to college with a sports scholarship, then joining the military. but five months ago at the start of his senior year, zacks future took a detour when i began exchanging texts with a schoolmate, a 14-year-old freshman girl. did you guys ever interact in person? >> it was mostly on snapchat but we would say hi to each other in the halls. and then we just kept talking from there. >> how did you eventually get to the point where you had sex? >> she...

Intercourse with a person under 16 years old. you will hear that that is exactly what happened here. i will ask that you find him guilty because i will have proved that [ bleep ] was under the age of 16 at the time that this happened and that the defendant had sexual intercourse with her. >> thank you. counsel? >> in his opening statement travis refer to a string of texts between zack and the alleged victim. >> the evidence will show that zack asked her, you sure about today? [ bleep ] responded...

1,000 feet of places where children congregate. in zacks case, this means he would be forced to move to another town. >> if zachary has to move, im going to go with him. i dont know where wed go. i dont want that to happen, but hes my son. >> how do you think hell take it if hes convicted? >> hornnestly, im afraid hello something to harm himself. i dont think hell be able to handle it. his best way out, in his eyes, i think would be hed -- he doesnt want to live then. im not saying zack should b...

So the age of consent to have sex and the age when someone is considered an adult varies from state to state. right now were in the state of wisconsin, and were about to meet a young man who is facing felony criminal charges for having sex with a 14-year-old freshman when he was a 17-year-old senior in high school. >> all right, zack. here we go, man. lets go, zack. there we go. good job. >> this is 18-year-old zack. hes a high school senior and a member of his varsity cheerleading squad in the ...

>> are you serious? >> so what have you been charged with? >> second-degree sexual assault of a child. >> and when you heard that, how did you feel? >> my heart dropped. i still think that this is all just a nightmare. >> when police came knocking, zack was home alone and waived his right to an attorney. an officer questioned him for ten minutes before booking him into milwaukees county jail where zack was finally allowed to call his mother, carrie. >> tell me about how you found out about the i...

His mother, carrie, on edge. how has all this affected zack as far as youve been able to tell? >> right now hes suffering inside. he wont tell me but i know he is. ive gotten calls from the school. hell break down. hell want to come home from school. he doesnt want to go to school. i want to tell zack that everythings going to be fine, you know, that youre going to be able to go into the military. youre going to be able to go into school. youre going to be able to fulfill all your dreams. you kn...

He kept talking about its going to be fine. i kept saying i dont know. then we walked upstairs to my aunts, and he picked me up and carried me to my aunts room. >> was there anything else he did physically or forcefully to you during this encounter? >> no. >> i dont have any other questions. >> cross. >> thank you, your honor. your mom and dad tell you all the time that theyre very proud of you. >> yes. >> and that makes you feel good. >> yes. >> and you knew when they found out that you had sex...