Rhode Island General Laws 11-67.1-5. Sexual servitude
(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.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-67.1-5
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
(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.