Charges of Sex for a Fee Against College Professor Diverted

The defendant is a tenured college professor with a doctorate and over forty years teaching experience. The prosecution alleged that on July 19, 2017 and undercover online investigation targeting violators of human trafficking laws was in progress. During the course of the investigation solicitations were made online in an effort to lure customers to purported prostitution locations, such as apartments and hotels. Our client responded to one of the advertisements and agreed to certain sexual acts for a fee negotiated between himself and the undercover officer. Our client then went to meet at an agreed designated location. There, he was met by the undercover officers who called his phone and observed their number appear on his cell phone screen. The man was arrested and charged with sex for a fee in violation of G.L. c. 272 Section 53A. Attorney Neyman was hired. Today we were able to get the charges diverted under G.L. c. 276A.

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