Some damage may have been done, but quite possibly, probably - not. In many cases, the D.A.'s throw as many charges up against the wall as possible to see what will stick and to intimidate the persons arrested in the hopes that the persons will eventually plead guilty without a trial.

Some of the charges such as "dealing in depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct" border on draconian and being unconstitutional (1st amendment - free speech)- the author of the novel 1955 'Lolita' would be arrested and locked up under this type of charge, if the Puritans of 2017 had their way.

Whether one likes the content of their conversation or not, this was a text conversation between two adults - it will be interesting to see how this all falls out in the long run.