Candidate Moore has been accused of fiddling with high school girls when he was in his thirties. All we have are a series of accusations. The fact that he was in his thirties when his now wife was in high school, is a fact and certainly seems to support a pattern, but there is no evidence that he knew her when she was underaged.
According to one of Moore’s lawyers, it is not uncommon for a couple to hook up without any knowledge of their respective ages. Clearly the lawyer is the stage for an “I didn’t know” defense. I have never practiced law in Alabama, so ignorance of the law may in fact be defensible in that sovereign state.
Roy Moore was 38 when he married his 24 year old wife.