Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 98A.002
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 98A.002, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 98A.002. LIABILITY.
Official statutory text
(a) A defendant is liable to a victim of compelled prostitution, as provided by this chapter, for damages arising from the compelled prostitution if the defendant:
(1) engages in compelling prostitution with respect to the victim;
(2) knowingly or intentionally engages in promotion of prostitution, online promotion of prostitution, aggravated promotion of prostitution, or aggravated online promotion of prostitution that results in compelling prostitution with respect to the victim; or
(3) purchases an advertisement that the defendant knows or reasonably should know constitutes promotion of prostitution or aggravated promotion of prostitution, and the publication of the advertisement results in compelling prostitution with respect to the victim.
(b) It is not a defense to liability under this chapter that:
(1) the defendant:
(A) is related to the victim by affinity or consanguinity, has been in a consensual sexual relationship with the victim, or has resided with the victim in a household; or
(B) has paid or otherwise compensated the victim for prostitution; or
(2) the victim:
(A) voluntarily engaged in prostitution before or after the compelled prostitution occurred; or
(B) did not attempt to escape, flee, or otherwise terminate contact with the defendant at the time the compelled prostitution allegedly occurred.
(1) engages in compelling prostitution with respect to the victim;
(2) knowingly or intentionally engages in promotion of prostitution, online promotion of prostitution, aggravated promotion of prostitution, or aggravated online promotion of prostitution that results in compelling prostitution with respect to the victim; or
(3) purchases an advertisement that the defendant knows or reasonably should know constitutes promotion of prostitution or aggravated promotion of prostitution, and the publication of the advertisement results in compelling prostitution with respect to the victim.
(b) It is not a defense to liability under this chapter that:
(1) the defendant:
(A) is related to the victim by affinity or consanguinity, has been in a consensual sexual relationship with the victim, or has resided with the victim in a household; or
(B) has paid or otherwise compensated the victim for prostitution; or
(2) the victim:
(A) voluntarily engaged in prostitution before or after the compelled prostitution occurred; or
(B) did not attempt to escape, flee, or otherwise terminate contact with the defendant at the time the compelled prostitution allegedly occurred.
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