Say you're a 43-year-old man and there's a 16-year-old girl staying at your place. Get yer minds outta the gutter. She just needed a place to stay. No hanky-panky going on here. But she did get sick, and your room is the coolest in the house. So it makes sense to have her sleep in your room. Nothing makes illness worse like having to sleep in a hot room.
Here's where the issue gets muddled.
A man named Stephen Lee Davies was in this situation in Swansea, Wales. He invited the teenager into his bed, and claims he was shocked to find out that he'd woken his bedmate up by having sex with her. In fact, he claims he had no idea what happened until he texted the girl and got a message back that said, “Go to hell, you dirty bastard.”
Davies was arrested and went to trial, where his ex-wife and former lover both testified that Davies was a victim of “sexsomnia” and would often wake them up with sexual advances while completely asleep.
“He was never violent and never forced me to have sex against my will. Sometimes his eyes were open but there was no one at home,” said Davies wife, Angela. “It became a bit of a joke. I would say I must be pretty rubbish because he could not remember. Even if his eyes were open he would not remember.”
Davies has been released and the act deemed a situation beyond his control. And we're just dumbfounded. We feel awful about Davies’ affliction, but if you know you have sexsomnia, wouldn't logic dictate you not invite a teenager to sleep in your bed? Or at least not sleep in it with her!