Dilemma what should I do
SolvedGoobaNinho Posted messages 8 Status Membre -
Good evening
A month ago, I messaged about fifteen escorts; it was the first time I did this without knowing at all that it was illegal. I just learned today that it is illegal for the client. The messages were very explicit, but there were never any meetings with those I spoke to. As a result, I am very afraid of getting arrested because I have seen testimonials that people were summoned by the police six months or even a year after contacting escorts; the police found them after catching the escorts and checking their call and message logs. Given the penalty I risk (1500 euros fine), I have a dilemma: should I report myself to the police right away, but the problem is that I don't have the money to pay the 1500 euros because I am a student, or should I let the story "die" hoping they never catch me? But every day I will have this fear. What do you advise me?
Please don't judge me; I already know I made a big mistake.
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Hello,
Being a client of prostitutes has been punishable by law for a few years now, but indeed, merely "talking to them" cannot constitute an offense...
However, when the search for services goes more "into detail"... it is particularly concerning when it involves underage prostitutes!... (the term """escort""" is often used to soften the notion of human trafficking...)
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Go have a good beer and forget all about it, you have nothing to worry about.
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What is prohibited, to put it simply, is resorting to prostitution, inciting it, or profiting from it.
The contravention (in the first instance) or the offense (in case of recidivism) only exists if consumption occurs, not if we are speaking to these charming ladies; otherwise, and if one desires, we wouldn't be allowed to speak to many people on the street.
Nothing excludes a judicial investigation aimed at dismantling a pimping network (paradoxically, prostitutes themselves cannot be sanctioned), but in which one would then only be called to testify.
When you are a student, there are girls in real life; I know that soaring inflation increases the investment in "approach work," but it is inappropriate to worry with one's limited student means about a possible fine but not about the fees of these ladies.
One can also make use of the time lost in searches to improve (or to actually acquire?) language skills without which studies, in any case, will not go very far; the form of what is presented to us is terrifying for someone claiming to be a student.
Good evening, sir, thank you for your message and regarding what you mentioned a bit further down, you are completely right. I know that I made a mistake, I was foolish, I know it and I regret it today, which is why, as I said, I hesitate to turn myself in. That is why I want your opinion, what do you advise me to do?
Hello,
Thank you for your response, they were all adults those I exchanged messages with. So just with messages I risk nothing or can I risk something.
And Christ fell for the third time...
Everything has been said and repeated, no, why ask the same question again and again despite the evidence that has been brought to you?
What is not one is the supposed majority of your "interlocutors"; "they" have demonstrated this to you?
I assume that in the lucrative market of African scammers, just like in the drug trade, many (and these are "they") must be minors.
In the second case, it’s often done on purpose: they are less accessible to criminal penalties.
Hello,
Nothing in this case indicates that it specifically involves contacts with scammers... (who are therefore posing as those """charming""" escorts!)... It could also involve "real" prostitutes here... and when it comes to minors, it is a plague that should not be overlooked.
https://www.vie-publique.fr/en-bref/280867-prostitution-des-mineurs-en-france-comment-la-combattre
In the first case, of course the "client" risks very little, if anything, other than getting (quite aptly...) "taken for a ride" by sending some untraceable PCS top-ups to arrange a meeting that of course doesn’t exist... everything is fake...
On the other hand, in the second case, the girls are real and under the control of a pimp...
Indeed, if we want to push the reasoning to the maximum (while knowing that the judicial reality is not as "simple"...) well, the "client" could, failing to be prosecuted for "consumption"... also be worried (at a minimum) about possibly holding elements that might interest the justice system....
I obviously add concerning "the admission of minority" that in almost no case will the girls admit it... (since this could scare off the client who might be under aggravating circumstances) except, but probably in a "more confidential setting" for the purpose of "billing differently" for a "clientele" specifically seeking this characteristic...
As gloomy, unfair, and trivial as it may be... it is part of the market!
by shutting yourself away in your paranoia, you read none of what everyone is writing, focusing solely on a possible fine (real clients surely deserve to be punished, "Free Lance" prostitution barely exists, behind it lies criminal activity and coercion, but that's another question).
At the risk of repeating myself (again), it is the prostitution itself that is reprehensible, not the fact of having mentioned it even on a suitable site: that would be an offense of intention.
There are specific provisions related to child pornography or this time even deliberate attempts to seek relationships with minors, but it must be shown that this search is deliberate... and that there is something indicating that the individuals in question are minors: one cannot accuse someone of an offense they have no reason to know about.
As I mentioned and as Xileh reiterated, if the judicial police were to investigate a prostitution ring linked to the site you consulted, you could indeed be questioned as part of the inquiry.
Not sanctioned since, to the best of my knowledge, there is no offense.