Jefferson City man charged with second-degree statutory rape
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Jefferson City man was charged on Tuesday with second-degree statutory rape in Cole County.
Page Guss, 22, is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. An arraignment was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
The probable cause statement says the victim’s mother called Columbia police on May 16 to say their 16-year-old daughter had “sexual relations” with Guss at a Jefferson City hotel.
Guss allegedly picked up the girl from her parents’ residence and the mother called the victim’s phone and allegedly told Guss the girl was not an adult, the statement says. Guss allegedly said curse words at the mother and hung up the phone, the statement says.
Guss and the minor were unable to get a hotel room in Columbia, but were able to in Jefferson City, the statement says.
The victim allegedly told police Guss added her on the social media application Snapchat on May 15 and that they had sex in a Jefferson City hotel room the next day, the statement says.
Guss allegedly told police that after the phone call with the victim’s mother, the victim allegedly told him the mother lied and claimed she was 19 years old, court documents say.