2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 567.050. — Promoting prostitution in the first degree.

567.050. 1. A person commits the crime of promoting prostitution in the first degree if he knowingly

(1) Promotes prostitution by compelling a person to enter into, engage in, or remain in prostitution; or

(2) Promotes prostitution of a person less than sixteen years old.

2. The term "compelling" includes

(1) The use of forcible compulsion;

(2) The use of a drug or intoxicating substance to render a person incapable of controlling his conduct or appreciating its nature;

(3) Withholding or threatening to withhold dangerous drugs or a narcotic from a drug dependent person.

3. Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60)

Effective 1-1-79

(1981) A prostitute, if warranted by the particular facts and circumstances, can also be charged for the promotion of prostitution. State v. Linder (A.), 613 S.W.2d 918.