Teenager Auctions Off Virginity Through Nevada Brothel
A nineteen-year-old New Zealand woman auctioned off her virginity online for tens of thousands of dollars, which she intends to use to fund her university education. More than thirty thousand people viewed her website and over 1,200 people bid. The New Zealand police said that the auction hasn’t explicitly broken any laws since it was transacted through a licensed Nevada brothel.
Nevada Prostitution law prohibits the trade of sex for money except for in licensed brothels. Breaking Nevada prostitution law is charged as a misdemeanor, carrying up to six months in jail and/or up to $1,000 in fines. However, first-time offenders can usually get their case dismissed if they pay a fine and attend an AIDS class or “John School.”
If the defendant in a prostitution case was aware they had HIV, the judge will order stiffer penalties, including two to ten years in prison and a $10,000 fine. A defendant convicted of soliciting children also faces harsher punishments, including one to four years in prison and maybe a $5,000 fine. Typical defenses used to fight a prostitution charge include entrapment, lack of evidence and mistake.
