Minnesota Statutes Crimes; Expungement; Victims (Ch. 609-624) § 609.325. Defenses

Subdivision 1. No defense; solicited; not engaged. It shall be no defense to a prosecution undersection 609.322that an individual solicited or induced to practice prostitution or whose prostitution was promoted, did not actually engage in prostitution.

Subd. 2. Consent no defense. Consent or mistake as to age shall be no defense to prosecutions undersection 609.322or609.324.

Subd. 3. No defense; prior prostitution. It shall be no defense to actions undersection 609.322that the individual solicited or induced to practice prostitution, or whose prostitution was promoted, had engaged in prostitution prior to that solicitation, inducement, or promotion.

Subd. 3a.No defense; undercover operative. The fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement officer was involved in the detection or investigation of an offense shall not be a defense to a prosecution undersection 609.324.

Subd. 4. Affirmative defense. It is an affirmative defense to a charge undersection 609.324, subdivision 6or7, if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is a labor trafficking victim or a sex trafficking victim and that the defendant committed the acts underlying the charge as a result of being a labor trafficking or sex trafficking victim.