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At 16, I consider it a grey area. He clearly misrepresented himself, and at 16 I think most kids of both genders have matured enough that even if it's irresponsible for a significantly older person to have any sort of relationship with them, it's not very likely to cause psychological or developmental harm like it would when they were a few years younger and certainly not mature enough to handle a relationship with a huge age difference.
In this case, I think it's fair for the court to order the woman to be evaluated psychologically to determine whether she is a threat to children, and the sentence or lack thereof based on that. It would probably also help the boy to be evaluated to assess whether or not any actual harm was done.
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