Ohio § 2905.32

§ 2905.32.

(A) No person shall knowingly recruit, lure, entice, isolate, harbor, transport, provide,

obtain, or maintain, or knowingly attempt to recruit, lure, entice, isolate, harbor,

transport, provide, obtain, or maintain, another person if either of the following

applies: (1) The offender knows that the other person will be subjected to involuntary servitude

or be compelled to engage in sexual activity for hire, engage in a performance that

is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented, or be a model or participant in

the production of material that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented. (2) The other person is less than eighteen years of age or is a person with a developmental

disability whom the offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a person

with a developmental disability, and either the offender knows that the other person

will be subjected to involuntary servitude or the offender's knowing recruitment,

luring, enticement, isolation, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, or

maintenance of the other person or knowing attempt to recruit, lure, entice, isolate,

harbor, transport, provide, obtain, or maintain the other person is for any of the

following purposes: (a) For the other person to engage in sexual activity for hire with one or more third

parties; (b) To engage in a performance for hire that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity

oriented; (c) To be a model or participant for hire in the production of material that is obscene,

sexually oriented, or nudity oriented. (B) For a prosecution under division (A)(1) of this section, the element “compelled”

does not require that the compulsion be openly displayed or physically exerted.  The element “compelled” has been established if the state proves that the offender

overcame the victim's will by force, fear, duress, intimidation, or fraud, by furnishing

or offering a controlled substance to the victim, or by manipulating the victim's

controlled substance addiction. (C) In a prosecution under this section, proof that the defendant engaged in sexual activity

with any person, or solicited sexual activity with any person, whether or not for

hire, without more, does not constitute a violation of this section. (D) A prosecution for a violation of this section does not preclude a prosecution of

a violation of any other section of the Revised Code.  One or more acts, a series of acts, or a course of behavior that can be prosecuted

under this section or any other section of the Revised Code may be prosecuted under

this section, the other section of the Revised Code, or both sections.  However, if an offender is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this

section and also is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2907.21 of the Revised Code based on the same conduct involving the same victim that was the basis of the violation

of this section, or is convicted of or pleads guilty to any other violation of Chapter

2907. of the Revised Code based on the same conduct involving the same victim that

was the basis of the violation of this section, the two offenses are allied offenses

of similar import under section 2941.25 of the Revised Code . (E) Whoever violates this section is guilty of trafficking in persons, a felony of the

first degree.  For a violation committed prior to March 22, 2019, notwithstanding the range of

definite terms set forth in division (A)(1)(b) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code , the court shall sentence the offender to a definite prison term of ten, eleven,

twelve, thirteen, fourteen, or fifteen years.  For a violation committed on or after March 22, 2019, notwithstanding the range

of minimum terms set forth in division (A)(1)(a) of section 2929.14 of the Revised Code , the court shall sentence the offender to an indefinite prison term pursuant to that

division, with a minimum term under that sentence of ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen,

fourteen, or fifteen years. (F) As used in this section: (1) “ Person with a developmental disability ” means a person whose ability to resist or consent to an act is substantially impaired

because of a mental or physical condition or because of advanced age. (2) “ Sexual activity for hire ,” “ performance for hire ,” and “ model or participant for hire ” mean an implicit or explicit agreement to provide sexual activity, engage in an

obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented performance, or be a model or participant

in the production of obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented material, whichever

is applicable, in exchange for anything of value paid to any of the following: (a) The person engaging in such sexual activity, performance, or modeling or participation; (b) Any person who recruits, lures, entices, isolates, harbors, transports, provides,

obtains, or maintains, or attempts to recruit, lure, entice, isolate, harbor, transport,

provide, obtain, or maintain the person described in division (F)(2)(a) of this section; (c) Any person associated with a person described in division (F)(2)(a) or (b) of this

section. (3) “Material that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented” and “performance

that is obscene, sexually oriented, or nudity oriented” have the same meanings as

in section 2929.01 of the Revised Code . (4) “ Third party ” means, with respect to conduct described in division (A)(2)(a) of this section,

any person other than the offender.