{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-84","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-84","heading":"Defenses barred.","body":"(a) In any prosecution for prostitution in violation of section 53a-82 or soliciting sexual acts in violation of section 53a-83, the sex of the two parties or prospective parties to the sexual conduct engaged in, contemplated or solicited is immaterial, and it shall be no defense that: (1) Such persons were of the same sex; or (2) the person who received, agreed to receive or solicited a fee was a male and the person who paid or agreed or offered to pay such fee was a female.\n(b) In any prosecution for soliciting sexual acts in violation of section 53a-83 promoting prostitution in violation of section 53a-86, 53a-87 or 53a-88 or permitting prostitution in violation of section 53a-89, it shall be no defense that the person engaging or agreeing to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee could not be prosecuted for a violation of section 53a-82 on account of such person's age.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART VI*. SEX OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-84","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"ee37eb4a5f65b2f776fde11874eba1ba40ddb517ac652e22b446eff710ee11c8","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-83b","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-85"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}