This discussion is brought to you by someone on my facebook and I would love to hear from the lawyers on this one.

Rape by deception is a crime in which the perpetrator has the victim's agreement and compliance, but gains it through deception or fraudulent statements or actions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_by_deception

A girl I know met a guy online, skyped him, chatted with him sent nudie pics, etc. for over a year. She finally flew to meet him in New York and had sex several times with this man over the course of 3 days or so.

She asked for his mailing address when she returned home to send each other gifts and he then came clean that he does not live in New York, they banged in brothers place, he flew in to meet her from another state. He is also married and did not reveal his real name or even his dog's real name to her. Their relationship was a lie.

This girl found the man's wife's information and drafted a letter to send the wife but the girl blackmailed him into revealing the affair to his wife on skype with herself (the girl) present somehow.

Anyway she is now seeking legal action against the man for rape. Her claim is that her consent was given under false pretenses, had she known he was married and did not live in New York she would not have had sex with him.

Does she have a case? Israel seems to have crimes against lying about job status to get laid. But the rape by deception precedent in America and the UK seems to be regarding the actual impersonation of someone else to get laid.

None of these cases seem similar to the one presented above.

Assuming she wins and sets a precedent; what are the ramifications of dating and hooking up if lying about yourself to get sex is now considered rape?

Edit: Update; NYPD responded to her claim and said essentially what was said in this thread. Her story is not congruent with the definition of rape and no charges will be laid.

She has also posted that her lawyer has dropped her as a client and is only giving her a partial refund for the fees she's payed.

Currently she is ranting that all people are garbage and nobody has any morales. In all fairness though I do think that the lawyer should refund her fully.

She has not given up though and claims she is searching for another lawyer to take on her case.