emails as evidence or used to bust you

[jerrymaxx]

how likely are email to be used to arrest someone for solicitation or to be used against you. how does this work....

[ForumPoster]

that totally depends on the email. This is why we ladies hit "delete" button as soon as we read something that could be used as incriminating evidence.

General rule of thumb - whenever you send anything electronically, type from POV that one day it may be read by unintended party.

Lina

[houtex06]

Depends on what is in the email. As with all things in the hobby, discretion is always the best policy. I only use the phone and email to arrange dates.

[ShysterJon]

Originally Posted by jerrymaxx

how likely are email to be used to arrest someone for solicitation or to be used against you. how does this work....

No offense, but your question is so vague I'd be surprised if you got any useful answers. (btw, an answer that says "It depends on what the email says" may be true, but, in my opinion, it's also useless.) I think you're more likely to get a meaningful answer if you gave us some details of the circumstances.

[NinaBrooke]

Originally Posted by jerrymaxx

how likely are email to be used to arrest someone for solicitation or to be used against you. how does this work....

Not so easy. It has first to be proofed that the email are written by you. And you use that account. That happens mostly, if you admit it personally. Of course that is not the only method of verification, but using emails as proof is not as easy as it sounds. Specially if you use anonymous accounts such as google, yahoo, hotmail and whatnot. Even if its proofed that your computer is used for the email, it`s still not sufficient proof you did write these mails.

[NinaBrooke]

Originally Posted by houtex06

Depends on what is in the email. As with all things in the hobby, discretion is always the best policy. I only use the phone and email to arrange dates.

that is a contradiction by itself ;-). emails and phones are per se not very discreet. What is out there is out there. I have not heard that emails ever "really" get deleted. Best are code words and not anything that leads to incriminating evidence, but no one rarely does it.

[jerrymaxx]

i have used my email to communicate with some people I am looking to hire for amateur modeling. pretty much as a rule I don't discuss anything sexual and $$. i also find amateur models for websites and they pay me $$... I can only think that i was telling her some options on what she could make if she did a video.. then i received a message from a boyfriend that read "The emails I saw are explicitly illegal including nude photos, dates, places and money for sexual acts." and also "Like solicit women? I saw the messages u sent me girl, straight up prostitution, I got the emails u sent her its in black and white, just gonna report y'all is all, she's no longer part of ur illegal scheme ". i don't recall sending anything explicit, thats not my game.... it may be dumb but I don't want them to come kicking my door in and confiscate my computer, take me to jail and all the stuff..... i sure hope my mind is so over reacting.....

[ShysterJon]

I've written quite a few times regarding what constitutes the crime of 'prostitution' under Texas law. One of those threads is stickied at the top of this forum. You might read it to better understand what the state has to prove for you to be found guilty of prostitution. From the facts you give, I don't think you can be because you didn't make an offer to engage in sex for money.

Also, from a practical standpoint, I think it's highly unlikely that the police will go to all the trouble to make a case against you based on emails, especially when it would probably be very difficult to prove the emails are authentic and that you wrote them. It's just not a real-world scenario to think the cops in New Braunfels (where there is much more of a laissez-faire philosophy than in other parts of Texas) would send a SWAT team out on a Class B misdemeanor without a complaining witness. Sure, cops make busts for prostitution every day, but nearly all of them are for street activity or the result of undercover stings.

Finally, you might read this thread:

"Can a review be used as evidence in a prostitution case?"

The analysis in that thread isn't EXACTLY on point, but most of it is.

[ck1942]

imho... the person who intercepted someone else's mail, and then sent you confirmation:

then i received a message from a boyfriend that read

"The emails I saw are explicitly illegal including nude photos, dates, places and money for sexual acts." and also "Like solicit women? I saw the messages u sent me girl, straight up prostitution, I got the emails u sent her its in black and white, just gonna report y'all is all, she's no longer part of ur illegal scheme ".

quite likely has broken at least one or two federal and state laws regarding hacking and threatening....

Just my two cents on the above.

[NinaBrooke]

pfffff, harmless threats. I wouldn`t be taking that seriously. He is a pissed BF. I am sure he would not do his GF harm.

[straightshooter30]

Originally Posted by ck1942

imho... the person who intercepted someone else's mail, and then sent you confirmation:

then i received a message from a boyfriend that read

"The emails I saw are explicitly illegal including nude photos, dates, places and money for sexual acts." and also "Like solicit women? I saw the messages u sent me girl, straight up prostitution, I got the emails u sent her its in black and white, just gonna report y'all is all, she's no longer part of ur illegal scheme ".

quite likely has broken at least one or two federal and state laws regarding hacking and threatening....

Just my two cents on the above.

It is not illegal to photograph nude models, provided they are legal age. Model releases and 2257s should be signed by the model. (Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, and have no experience photographing in TX...)