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Statutory rape is a Class E felony.
Tenn. Code Ann. Prior sexual activity of the victim may be asserted as a defense to statutory rape under Tenn. Code Ann. If the definition of an offense within Title 39 does not plainly dispense with a mental element, intent, knowledge or recklessness suffices to establish the culpable mental state. Tenn. Code Ann.