I had a student (14yof) tell me about a "professional" relationship she had initiated with a "record label/music producer/manager." She found this guy cold calling any labels she could find numbers for about 2 months ago. She is one of my ff and had briefly mentioned this awhile back, and at the time I thought, "oh, I hope this girl and her family aren't going to be scammed into giving this guy lots of money."
Well, recently, she told me more about the situation and some things that had been weirding her out about it. She had been arguing with her mom, because she felt like mom wasn't supporting her dreams, etc. This guy was saying he would send her a bus ticket for Las Vegas and help her get emancipated, that she would be rich and he would have her star in a reality show, etc. He also started making inappropriate comments such as saying her lips were "kissable," calling her "baby" or "baby girl," and asking if she would be interested in dating an older man. (He had told her he was 30 something, but a little google searching reveals this guy is likely in his 40s).
Anyway, I made a report to the National Human Trafficking Hotline and spoke with a rep there. She had said that she would pass the report along to the local law enforcement since it involved a minor. I also spoke with this student at length about the dangers of this situation and spoke to her mom (who works at a jail and is well aware of all the creeps out there - and had been telling her daughter not to call/contact people she doesn't know, etc.). I'm planning to follow up with this student this week to see if she has still been in contact with this guy.
So here is my question... As I don't have an actual suspicion of abuse or reason to believe she is in any immediate danger, I didn't feel comfortable including this student's name in the report. The student didn't feel comfortable giving her name either. I did encourage mom to call and make her own report and gave her the case number. What would you do in this situation? Would you include a minor's name when nothing outright illegal had been done? No pictures or videos were exchanged, per the student. No actual face to face contact had occurred. I did agree to talk with law enforcement if they wanted to contact me. I suppose at that point I could give them the name of the student and parent if they wanted more info. Anyway, although I've had plenty of experience submitting CPS reports for students, this was my first situation like this, and I was a little unsure on my legal responsibility here.
