Woman claims Matt Lauer 'anally raped' her, Ronan Farrow reports

That’s a good question. I don’t know if US extraterritorial jurisdiction covers rape. This appears to be the relevant federal law…

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2242

IANAL, but I’d be interested if anyone has insight into whether Lauer could be charged in the US.

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