Finally read through the latest (3/30) Joel Greenberg indictment. There is *a lot* of detail in it about *a lot* of charges but, interestingly, almost all that's listed under the sex trafficking count is the basic definition of the crime 
There's also this weird bit under "introduction" to the sex trafficking charge, which just says that he made himself fake IDs & used these IDs to have "engaged in 'sugar daddy' relationships"
This has all been in various reporting on Greenberg, I just expected there was also more to it.... Sure sounds like dude was up to a ton of shady shit, but that the sex trafficking charge is based entirely on someone he met through a sugar dating site pretending to be 18+ but not
People have to say they're 18+ to create an account on Seeking Arrangement & similar sites. If they're not actually 18 and a prospective "benefactor" doesn't card them (or they have a fake ID), voila, you've met the elements of a federal sex trafficking charge
Obvs., idk that's what happened here. Just pointing this out b/c I think a lot of people believe a sex trafficking conviction requires a lot more than that.
(But no – if someone's under 18, not knowing their real age is explicitly no defense, and no force/fraud/coercion needed)
(But no – if someone's under 18, not knowing their real age is explicitly no defense, and no force/fraud/coercion needed)
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