Getting busted for hiring escorts

[Jay1010]

Might just be my paranoia, but could you get arrested for hiring escorts in the past? I don't have a specific scenario or situation, just curious if the police ever found out about previous escorting transactions or whatever.

[Ichabod]

Just to clarify, do you mean could you get arrested tomorrow (for example) for having hired an escort 4 years ago?

[Jay1010]

Sure, even a year ago.

[+ KensingtonHomo]

In the United States, it’s possible but highly unlikely. There are different statutes of limitations depending on where you live or where you hired. But who would be reporting it and what would their evidence be? 

[Jay1010]

4 minutes ago, KensingtonHomo said:

In the United States, it’s possible but highly unlikely. There are different statutes of limitations depending on where you live or where you hired. But who would be reporting it and what would their evidence be? 

The escort maybe? Lol like I said I'm just paranoid a bit right now as I think the escort got my real name...

[Gilfson]

Why do you think they have your real name?

[Braziliancutee]

I mean I think when u meet guys who use drugs and are involved with that then police sometimes can do something. They really care about drugs and this stuff.

[Spikeguy]

1 hour ago, Jay1010 said:

The escort maybe? Lol like I said I'm just paranoid a bit right now as I think the escort got my real name...

But he would be implicating himself then as well

[Keenan]

Depends on where you live but most local police have other things to worry about more important than what you are doing behind closed doors with someone.

[+ PhileasFogg]

5 hours ago, Spikeguy said:

But he would be implicating himself then as well

Unless they were some other triggering event.     For instance, let’s say the escort is underaged, trafficked, or that something happened that lacked consent - rape, robbery, etc

Paying a lot for someone’s time isn’t a crime - otherwise my attorney and accountant would be advising me from jail on visiting day.  

I think that the devil is in the details of what the exchange of compensation is tied to.   Unless there’s more to this than you’ve described, I don’t think that law enforcement is concerned with past consensual activities because misdemeanor offenses typically have short statutes of limitation - say 1-2 years.

But, I’m not a lawyer…

[mike carey]

24 minutes ago, PhileasFogg said:

otherwise my attorney and accountant would be advising me from jail on visiting day.

Some would opine that those professions were ever deserving of that fate.

[+ PhileasFogg]

11 minutes ago, mike carey said:

Some would opine that those professions were ever deserving of that fate.

😂😂. Some…but when in trouble, they’re priceless. 

[wsc]

A criminal complaint against a person, even if the complainant says he witnessed or participated in the criminal act with you, remains only an unsubstantiated allegation. Without corroboration or supporting evidence, it is meaningless. If I knew your real name and location, and even though we've never met, I could claim to have met you last week in that town and that you paid me $1000 cash for a night of sex. Is there proof of you renting the room? Is there proof of a withdrawal large enough to support the claim? Did anyone see us together? Do I have some cash with your fingerprints on it and can I prove I didn't steal it or pick it up after I saw you drop it? Or is this just someone with a grudge against you trying to cause you problems? The law requires proof to support the allegation. Otherwise, it just hot air and a waste of time for the police and prosecutors, and they know it even if they believe the allegation. It's not about what's known, it's about what can be proved. Don't fret over it.

[+ KensingtonHomo]

10 hours ago, Jay1010 said:

The escort maybe? Lol like I said I'm just paranoid a bit right now as I think the escort got my real name...

So he's going to tell the police that you paid him for sex? That's him admitting to a crime. 

[BonVivant]

Depending on jurisdiction , the person complaining would also be a criminal. So it is highly unlikely to happen. 

Edited Wednesday at 11:53 PM by BonVivant

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

2 hours ago, KensingtonHomo said:

So he's going to tell the police that you paid him for sex? That's him admitting to a crime. 

 

5 minutes ago, BonVivant said:

Depending on justification, the person complaining would also be a criminal. So it is highly unlikely to happen. 

Exactly.  It would be similar to a drug dealer calling the cops because he sold drugs to you several years ago. Except, selling drugs might be a federal offense (depending on the drug) while prostitution is not.

[Simon Suraci]

15 hours ago, Jay1010 said:

Might just be my paranoia

It is. I wouldn’t sweat it.

Enjoy the consensual company of men.
LE has more important things to pursue.

[marylander1940]

15 hours ago, Jay1010 said:

Might just be my paranoia, but could you get arrested for hiring escorts in the past? I don't have a specific scenario or situation, just curious if the police ever found out about previous escorting transactions or whatever.

Yes!

If you're not comfortable hiring don't do it. 

We do know of some escorts that have been caught during sting operations, but I can only recall 2 specific cases, and one was from 2004....

 

 

[+ SirBillybob]

Most of the answers are not relatable to all because there are actually some among us not American. In Canada the sex worker possesses impunity. The client does not, but there is at least one case where the client was ordered by the courts to pay the worker after she formally complained that he had refused to follow through on agreed upon payment following sex. He was not charged under the legislation that prohibits hiring, for which penalties can be quite substantial, as context is everything, that is, what justice is appropriately served. The thrust of the law is protecting the vulnerable from exploitation, mainly related to coercion and trafficking, and that is the central thing that it addressed in this case … exploitation via withholding compensation. That money was not exchanged did not make it consensual sex or legal. 

That said, there is discretion to lay charges against a purchaser for something as basic as procuring sex from an advertising sex worker in exchange for goods in kind. But authorities generally turn a blind eye whether it’s more traditional hiring or private lap dances in clubs, as these are minor relative to the organized crime of trafficking in adults, or worse, minors. Authorities can, therefore, use the big stick against a bad actor engaged in basic purchase aimed at procurement of a vulnerable person for his own eventual financial gain. He might plead out to rescind some of the charges. 

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is ruling whether escorts’ appointment drivers are considered protectors not chargeable versus facilitators for pimps where organized procurement  occurs, or even if only the escort and driver comprise the business arrangement. It’s complex because a pimp takes a cut and a driver of a private escort without a pimp takes a cut, yet roles overlap. Pimping is associated with a stereotype of abuse. 

Edited Wednesday at 07:50 PM by SirBillybob

[Jay1010]

29 minutes ago, Simon Suraci said:

It is. I wouldn’t sweat it.

Enjoy the consensual company of men.
LE has more important things to pursue.

Ty brother

[+ JamesB]

17 hours ago, Jay1010 said:

Might just be my paranoia, but could you get arrested for hiring escorts in the past? I don't have a specific scenario or situation, just curious if the police ever found out about previous escorting transactions or whatever.

 

I may be wrong but from your post I think you have a provider trying to pressure you for money. Don’t let the threat scare you. As others have mentioned, police generally do not get involved in situations like this unless it involves serious crimes such as exploitation of minors or trafficking. Law enforcement focuses on larger threats, and proving an agreement or intent long after the fact is very difficult due to lack of evidence and legal time limits.

[+ Lucky]

Law enforcement has plenty to do with current crimes, not minor past ones.

[Lotus-eater]

You can't be charged with a crime merely for having had a business associate: