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Whether he is guilty or not guilty of sexual assault of a child. the judge has granted us access inside the courtroom, and the trial begins with an opening statement from the state prosecutor. >> ladies and gentlemen, good morning. in wisconsin, it is unlawful for a person over 16 to have sexual 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....

>> 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 didn't really know what was going on. >> you think it was okay to have sex with a 14-year-old girl? >> ten days after their encounter, the freshman girl told her parents that she and zack had had sex. her mother called the police. in her statement, the girl said she and zack were together for a ...

You were going to get into trouble that you couldn't even imagine. >> yes. >> so under those circumstances, that's what was going on when you told your mom about having sex with zack. >> yes. >> i'm in the biggest trouble i've ever been in. >> yes. >> thank you, [ bleep ]. i have nothing further. the defense calls zachary newman. >> okay. >> may i approach? zack, i've placed up there at the witness stand exhibit number 15. can you flip through the pages to the last page. based on those messages, did you agree to meet [ bleep ] after school? >> yes, i did. >> how did you feel about setting up t...

I'm just the one that got caught. >> by the time they graduate, an estimated 50% of american high schoolers have been sexually active. but in some states, these encounters are crimes. because the age of consent in wisconsin is 16, the 14-year-old girl couldn't agree to have sex with zack. on top of that, her interviews with police paint a complicated story of that september night. >> how does all this make you feel? >> i feel like a bad person. >> why do you feel like a bad person? >> i wanted to wait until i started a long-term relationship when i was older. >> to protect the identity of the ...