CONNECTICUT Legislation

2013 Connecticut General Statutes

53a-82 - Prostitution: Class A misdemeanor.

(a) A person sixteen years of age or older is guilty of prostitution when such person engages or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee.
(b) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the actor was a victim of conduct by another person that constitutes (1) a violation of section 53a-192a, or (2) a criminal violation of 18 USC Chapter 77, as amended from time to time.
(c) In any prosecution of a person sixteen or seventeen years of age for an offense under this section, there shall be a presumption that the actor was a victim of conduct by another person that constitutes (1) a violation of section 53a-192a, or (2) a criminal violation of 18 USC Chapter 77, as amended from time to time.
(d) Nothing in this section shall limit a person’s right to assert the defense of duress pursuant to section 53a-14 in any prosecution for an offense under this section.
(e) Prostitution is a class A misdemeanor.