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Virginity auction could trigger charges
The man behind an auction in which a Brazilian student sold her virginity for £485,000 could face charges.
Catarina Migliorini, 20, sold her virginity in an online auction to a man in Japan known as "Natsu" for $780,000.
The pair plan to seal the deal in a plane flying over international waters to avoid prostitution laws.
But Brazil's attorney general, Joao Pedro de Saboia Bandeira de Mello Filho, has ordered an "urgent investigation," to look into the case.
He wrote in a letter to the country's foreign minister that the auction "looks to me like the crime of people trafficking."
The attorney general says Justin Sisely, the director who staged the auction as part of a documentary, should be arrested for sex trafficking.
He also says Migliorini, who currently lives in Australia, should have her visa revoked and be returned to Brazil to face prostitution charges.
In an interview with Business Week, Mr Sisely said he believed he and his attorneys had done the legwork to make sure the auction was legal.
"There's a fine line there in terms of legalities," he said. "We do not intend to break laws. We have created the right processes so we can achieve it."
what do you think?
Rob Shaw
Even though the reason behind it maybe for a good cause, it stil is prostitution. Her reasoning was "If I do it once, it doesn't make it prostitution. If someone takes a photo, it doesn't make them a photographer" Well actually love, I think you will find, in that instance, it does. If you are taking photos, it's called photography. If you are charging someone for sex, it goes down as prostitution. Even if it is once, i'm afraid that is stil what it's called
Micheal Booth
I accept that there is a darker side to Pros*****ion, girls Tafficed and forced in being P's, girls street walking to feed a drug habbit BUT there is also a good side to it, where girls choose to offer sexual services for money. They are happy and make a futune! So it really matters not a jot whether you think she is prostituting herself of not.
Olly Olly
The logic doesn't work anyway. If you take one photo, you are still a "Photogrpaher", you just don't do it a lot. The same with prostitution.
Vladtheinhaler .
No Olly, if you take one photograph , you are not a photographer, like if you put a bandage on someone, you are not a nurse. Or if you repair your car , you are not a mechanic.. and so on.... the logic never fails. She may have taken part in prostitution, it doesn't mean she's a pros titute. Bang tidy , though. Silly orange filter doesn't allow us to say pros..... Pathetic site.
Rob Shaw
Yes Olly, thank you. That is the point I was making. If you heard about someone taking a photo in a news story say, they would say "The Photographer....."
Adrian Wagstaff
I couldn't care less what they do, so long as it doesn't bother me. You can call their plan any long word you like. What are they going to do next? Ban people from having babies? Everyone has to be poor?
fish41
The charges Brazil want to charge is probably income tax.
Valerie Wood
I am sure she will do well out of this anyway because the publicity will ensure she gets a lot of tv, radio, magazine offers.
shirley sutton
Why didn't they do anything before auction ended it was well publicised
KneecapsNorman
who cares. it's her body, let her do what she wants with it.
SagePhotoWorld
Will she now write a book about it, calling herself Anonymous 2?
Kevin Edwards
Not a good idea for women to sell their bodies. The virgin Brazilian student should face charges. All it does is encourage sex trafficking online or street curb all for the sake of money... Women should not play silly games, which may cost their lives. If you eed money get a job...
Vladtheinhaler .
Half a million quid, for one jump. Only Evel Knievel has ever beat that .
Valerie Wood
LOL
movvi
Ha - nicely put!
TIM x
I find this disturbing when some girls sell themselves for 10 pounds a time in some parts of the world to provide for their families. I have met and spoken to several. They have hearts of gold.
Robbie369P .
I bet you have!
movvi
I smirked too - sorry! x
t.bulgin
Good, I hope they get prosecuted....weirdos.
stephen
you will find that he will be a Tory they are all weirdos
movvi
Yep - a strange series of events from start to finish. Attention-seeking little twerp, she was!
Raymond Castle
She's not the first to do this and I doubt if she will be the last. Could this be classed as prostitution?
Micheal Booth
Errrrrrm? NO!!!
Roger Siviter
If she is legally an adult then it's nobody's business but her own or is anyone still under the impression that women are not responsible enough to live their own lives?
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1:02pm on 31/10/2012
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