567.050. Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
Promoting prostitution in the first degree.
567.050. 1. A person commits the crime of promotingprostitution in the first degree if he knowingly
(1) Promotes prostitution by compelling a person to enterinto, engage in, or remain in prostitution; or
(2) Promotes prostitution of a person less than sixteenyears old.
2. The term "compelling" includes
(1) The use of forcible compulsion;
(2) The use of a drug or intoxicating substance to render aperson incapable of controlling his conduct or appreciating itsnature;
(3) Withholding or threatening to withhold dangerous drugsor a narcotic from a drug dependent person.
3. Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class Bfelony.
(L. 1977 S.B. 60)Effective 1-1-79
(1981) A prostitute, if warranted by the particular facts and circumstances, can also be charged for the promotion of prostitution. State v. Linder (A.), 613 S.W.2d 918.