Hey, I am seeking assistance and need some help in finding out what laws and their consequent statutes are for something that started in 1996 and ended in 1997. If possible I do not simply want to be fed answers, but be shown where and how I can continue to search for information on my own. A big thanks in advance to anyone who helps me with my cause.

Now, I am doing this out of concern for a dear friend of mine. However my involvement is crucial to this. What happened is that in 1996 I met my friend, I was twelve years old and my friend was in his mid thirties. A year later, in 1997, when I was thirteen we shared some kisses on the lips and neck. I also touched my friend through clothing in private places but my friend never touched me anymore than a hug. And there might have been some "inappropriate" verbal exchanges between us. Such as my friend saying "I want to have sex with you but this [the kissing] is already too much". After 1997 we were not in contact again until after I was in my twenties. Just a note, I do not care what your personal opinion on this is, I merely want helping knowing if there is potential legal trouble for my friend even these years later.

But there are some complications to me finding this out on my own. We met in Canada, but are residents of the USA. So I am unsure what State or Federal laws could apply & if the laws in Canada could apply as well. There is also the issue of if my parents, who brought me to the northern country, would they be guilty of child sex trafficking even though this occurred without their knowledge? I have been trying to do online searching on my own but haven't had luck finding what the exact laws are and what they say. I do not want to talk to a lawyer irl just in case there is something that could be held against my friend. I do not think I am being overly paranoid about this, people tend to react very violently towards the idea of an adult and minor even looking at each other.

So in my paranoia I would rather not say what state I reside in, but it is one of the continental ones (big help right? /sarcasm), some search advice on the hows and whats of my own state's laws are would be very helpful. To recap, I also need to know what/if any federal laws can apply. My parents and child sex trafficking laws. How to handle the international aspect of this. Also, of course, the statutes of everything because it was ten years ago. (And just to make my request more complicated we are slightly related to each other, I do not think it would be defined as incest but information on incest laws for The States and Canada would be helpful as well, but not required since that might be off-topic to this forum.)

Overall my main concern is that I do not want to be talking about my friend to anyone and then one day someone decides to report him and my friend winds up having to go to trail...or worse get labeled as a sex offender.