(740 ILCS 128/25)
Sec. 25. Non-defenses.
(a) It is not a defense to an action brought under this Act that:
(1) the victim of the sex trade and the defendant had
a marital or consenting sexual relationship;
(2) the defendant is related to the victim of the sex
trade by blood or marriage, or has lived with the defendant in any formal or informal household arrangement;
(3) the victim of the sex trade was paid or otherwise
compensated for sex trade activity;
(4) the victim of the sex trade engaged in sex trade
activity prior to any involvement with the defendant;
(5) the victim of the sex trade made no attempt to
escape, flee, or otherwise terminate contact with the defendant;
(6) the victim of the sex trade consented to engage
in acts of the sex trade;
(7) it was a single incident of activity; or
(8) there was no physical contact involved.
(b) Any illegality of the sex trade activity on the part of the victim of the sex trade shall not be an affirmative defense to any action brought under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-998, eff. 7-3-06.)
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