{"data":{"id":"us-gu/9-gca-26.04","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"9 GCA § 26.04","heading":"Non-Defenses to Trafficking In Persons.","body":"Evidence of the following facts or conditions shall not constitute a defense in a prosecution for violations of this article, nor shall such evidence preclude a finding of a violation:\n(a) a trafficking victim’s sexual history or history of commercial sexual activity, including any acts that may be covered by the rape shield law;\n(b) a trafficking victim’s connection by blood or marriage to a defendant in the case or to anyone involved in the victim’s trafficking;\n(c) consent of or permission by a trafficking victim or anyone else on the trafficking victim’s behalf to any commercial sex act or sexually explicit performance;\n(d) age of consent to sex, legal age of marriage, or other discretionary age;\n(e) mistake as to the victim’s age, even if the mistake is reasonable.","path":["Title 9: Crimes and Corrections","Chapter 26: Human Trafficking and Criminal Exploitation Act of 2009","ARTICLE 1: PROSECUTION"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/9gc026.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T02:46:28Z","sha256":"923bee7e76514a0057baafa246e3b611e2a4b63e5c21847ac0fbcd3d494990eb","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/9-gca-26.03","next":"us-gu/9-gca-26.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}