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Originally Posted by Fusebox
I'd love to hear a legal expert weigh in on this. I've always thought that living off the avails of prostitution, like being a pimp or madam, was illegal, but the actual exchange of money for sex was not technically illegal.
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Originally Posted by Matata
I think the way it works is that it's legal to be a prostitute, but illegal to be a John.
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These are correct. You can't pay for a prostitute or be a pimp, but it is not illegal to sell sex.
Edit: I believe the crime is actually "communications for the purpose of soliciting a prostitute". So it's not the sex that's illegal, it's any negotiation or communication leading up to it.