Old men should stick to hitting on old women.

You could have at least mentioned that it's a possible prank/promo for his upcoming movie.

A man responded to an attractive girl who direct messaged him and he didn't run fleeing when she turned out to be 17.9 years old? Oh my god - what a sleazeball. Not his best moment (he should have stopped talking to her when he found out she was 17, and I can't believe he needs to chase someone staying in a hotel with their mum - a little desperate much?), but I'm having a tough time mustering moral outrage.

Reliable, authoritative sources there: The Daily Mail and DListed (and Jezebel just rewriting DListed).

Boring. The internet moral outrage machine makes me tired. Embarrassing for him probably. Whatever. Boring.

UPDATE: Saw a picture of the girl/woman in question. She is gorgeous. Stunningly beautiful. She does not look 17. She is most definitely in New York with her mum.

Sooooooo...I'm officially not outraged, except by the fact she baited him into sending her a picture and then shared the whole thing publicly. I'll also be annoyed if it turns out to be a promo for his movie. If it is, they went a long way to make it seem real - especially the pic of her with her mom in NYC. Seems far-fetched. She flirted, he took the bait, she decided that was worth posting to the world.

As mentioned, the age of consent in NY is 17. Legally, she can play with the big girls (and boys) now. A bit young for my taste, but to each their own. But, stop me if I'm missing something here, they never even dated, amirite? Is there anything to see here?

Besides, why are we acting like this is another Courtney Stodden? At least Franco isn't 51.

If he'd taken the girl to that hotel room he mentioned and fucked her until she saw God with her willing consent, it still wouldn't have been a crime. Flirting, he gets a pass. Especially if it doesn't represent a trend.

After reading what eonline alleges to be the transcript and seeing the alleged selfie of MissScot17 with Mr. Franco, I can easily say that: she looks way older than 17, it doesn't appear to be a predatory situation, and the situation seems to be welcomed by MissScot17.

Nothing to see here, move along.

Conflicting feelings of disgust and jealousy...!!!?

[[head explodes]]

As the age of consent is 17 in New York. James Franco has every right to do whatever with this girl that is legal. This includes sex.

And the age of consent in Scotland is 16.