meeting up with a 16-year-old on the Growlr dating app.According to a memo from the Broward County State Attorney’s Office explaining its decision, the teen’s parents wanted to pursue charges against Parson but did not want to subject their son to be questioned on the stand and were reticent to allow prosecutors to speak with him to help determine the facts of the case.Assistant State Attorney Danielle Lennox, of the office’s sexual battery and child abuse unit, wrote in the memo that a victim advocate from the office had begun reaching out to the family after the charges against Parson were filed.In a May 2022 phone conference with the victim’s parents, Lennox explained what the process of pursuing prosecution would entail, but they were reticent to have their son speak with her.Lennox agreed to give them time to think and scheduled a follow-up meeting with the parents to arrange an in-person interview with the teen, but was unable to reach the family.
In February 2023, the victim advocate in the case tried to reach out to the family.The victim’s father ultimately replied in an email, reiterating that the parents did not want to force their son to testify against his will.The father also indicated a desire to move forward with the charges against Parson, but also said he would prefer to “drop the case” if it required his son’s further involvement.Lennox noted that even though ignorance of a minor’s age is not a defense under Florida law, Parson has maintained that he always believed the minor to be 19, or above the age of consent, since they began chatting on Growlr.“Due to lack of victim cooperation, my conversations with the victim’s parents, and the potential scheduling of a deposition of the victim, the State.
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