(a) A person commits the offense of sexual servitude if the person knowingly:
- (1) Maintains or makes available a minor for the purpose of engaging the minor in commercial sexual activity; or
- (2) Uses coercion or deception to compel an adult to engage in commercial sexual activity.
- (b) It is not a defense in a prosecution under subsection (a)(1) of this section that the minor consented to engage in commercial sexual activity or that the defendant believed the minor was an adult.
- (c) Every person who shall commit sexual servitude of a minor shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than fifty (50) years imprisonment, a fine of up to forty thousand dollars ($40,000), or both.
- (d) Every person who shall commit sexual servitude of an adult shall be guilty of a felony, subject to not more than twenty (20) years imprisonment, a fine of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 2017, ch. 232, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 260, § 2.