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A prostitution-related arrest in Nashville can begin with an undercover operation, an online advertisement, text messages, a hotel meeting, a street encounter, a traffic stop, or a law-enforcement sting. The charge may involve prostitution, patronizing prostitution, promoting prostitution, solicitation of a minor, trafficking allegations, or another related offense. The exact statute matters because Tennessee assigns dramatically different penalties depending on who is accused, the age or status of the other person, and the conduct alleged.

Tennessee changed its patronizing-prostitution law effective July 1, 2026. Under current law, ordinary patronizing prostitution remains a Class A misdemeanor, but patronizing a law-enforcement officer eighteen or older posing as a minor, a person with an intellectual disability, or an actual minor can trigger serious felony treatment. An actual victim under eighteen can expose the accused to a Class A felony under the current patronizing statute.

Nashville criminal defense lawyer Kevin Kennedy is a former prosecutor who has handled thousands of criminal cases. He examines the complete communications, what was actually offered or agreed to, whether money or anything of value was discussed, whether an undercover officer created ambiguity about age, whether the accused actually intended a commercial sex act, whether the police search was lawful, and whether the State has charged the correct offense.

If you are facing a prostitution, patronizing, solicitation, or related charge in Nashville or Davidson County, call or text 615-205-7311 for a free consultation.

Prostitution Charges in Tennessee

Tennessee criminal law separates several related offenses. Prostitution generally concerns engaging in, or offering to engage in, sexual activity as a business or for something of value. Patronizing prostitution focuses on the customer side of a commercial sex transaction. Promoting prostitution addresses conduct such as managing, controlling, or advancing prostitution under the statutory definition.

The defense should begin with the exact code section on the warrant or indictment. Calling every case 'solicitation' can obscure important differences in elements, classifications, and collateral consequences.

Patronizing Prostitution

Patronizing prostitution under Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-13-514 addresses hiring or offering to hire another person to engage in sexual activity for compensation, as defined by Tennessee law.

Ordinary patronizing prostitution under the current statute is a Class A misdemeanor.

Because an offer can be enough, police do not necessarily need to prove that sexual activity actually occurred. The words, context, and intent behind the alleged agreement become central.

Major 2026 Change to Patronizing Prostitution

Effective July 1, 2026, Tennessee substantially increased penalties for specified patronizing cases. Current law distinguishes ordinary adult patronizing from cases involving a law-enforcement officer posing as a minor, a person with an intellectual disability, or an actual minor.

This change is important because older websites and summaries may still describe patronizing prostitution only as a misdemeanor or may place some conduct exclusively under trafficking statutes.

Offense date is critical. A lawyer should apply the version of the law in effect when the alleged conduct occurred.

Patronizing an Adult

Under the current statute, ordinary patronizing prostitution involving an adult falls within the Class A misdemeanor provision when no felony status-based circumstance applies.

The State must still prove the alleged hiring or offer and the commercial-sex purpose.

Recorded communications, undercover video, payment evidence, and the defendant's statements can determine whether an actual agreement existed.

Law-Enforcement Officer Posing as a Minor

Current Tennessee law makes patronizing prostitution a Class B felony when the subject is a law-enforcement officer eighteen or older posing as a minor under the applicable statutory provision.

This is different from a routine adult prostitution sting. The communications about age, what the accused actually understood, and which offense the State selected are especially important.

Separate solicitation-of-a-minor statutes may also be considered depending on the alleged communications and conduct.

Patronizing a Person With an Intellectual Disability

Under current Tennessee law, patronizing prostitution involving a person with an intellectual disability falls within a Class B felony provision.

The State must prove the status element as well as the patronizing conduct.

Defense counsel should review the charging instrument and evidence establishing the alleged person's qualifying status rather than assuming the enhancement applies.

Patronizing a Minor

Current Tennessee law classifies patronizing prostitution involving a person under eighteen as a Class A felony.

Cases involving minors can also intersect with trafficking, solicitation-of-a-minor, sexual-activity-with-a-minor, and sex-offender-registration statutes.

The exact age, what the accused was told or believed, and the specific statutory theory are critical.

Prostitution Within 1.5 Miles of a School

Tennessee's patronizing statute contains an additional punishment provision for patronizing prostitution within one and one-half miles of a school.

The statute requires at least seven days of incarceration and a fine of at least $1,000 in addition to other authorized punishment when the provision applies.

Maps, location data, property boundaries, and the alleged transaction location can therefore matter.

Online Prostitution Stings

Many modern prostitution cases begin online. Police may use classified advertisements, dating platforms, social media, text messages, or undercover profiles.

The defense should obtain the complete conversation rather than relying on selected screenshots. Messages before and after the alleged agreement may show ambiguity, role-playing, withdrawal, negotiation over nonsexual services, or lack of agreement.

Metadata and account attribution can also matter when the identity of the sender is disputed.

Undercover Police Operations

Undercover officers may pose as people offering sexual services, customers, minors, or intermediaries. The operation may be recorded through body wires, hotel cameras, phone screenshots, or surveillance teams.

The defense should determine what the officer said, whether the officer introduced the commercial-sex terms, whether age was clearly communicated, and what the accused actually agreed to.

Police-created opportunities do not automatically establish entrapment, but the government's conduct and the defendant's predisposition can become relevant in an appropriate case.

Hotel Stings

Nashville prostitution stings frequently involve hotels or short-term rental locations. Police may communicate online and direct the target to a room where an undercover officer is waiting.

Hallway video, room audio, text timestamps, hotel records, surveillance, and the timing of arrest can help reconstruct the encounter.

A person entering a hotel room does not by itself prove an agreement to exchange compensation for sexual activity.

Street-Level Prostitution Investigations

Street cases may involve an undercover officer driving or walking through an area, a conversation, an alleged price negotiation, and an arrest shortly afterward.

Audio and video can be crucial because short street conversations are easily summarized inaccurately.

The defense should compare the officer's report with the actual recording and determine whether a specific commercial-sex agreement was reached.

What Counts as Compensation?

Prostitution offenses generally focus on sexual activity connected to compensation or something of value under the applicable statutory definitions.

Cash is common evidence, but prosecutors may rely on electronic payments, gifts, drugs, lodging, transportation, or other alleged consideration depending on the facts.

The defense should distinguish a genuine commercial agreement from dating, gifts, consensual relationships, or ambiguous conversation.

Does Sex Have to Occur?

No. Depending on the offense, an offer, agreement, solicitation, or other specified conduct may be enough even if no sexual activity occurs.

This makes the communications particularly important.

A prosecution should not be allowed to convert vague flirtation or a meeting into a completed criminal agreement without proving the statutory elements.

Does Money Have to Change Hands?

Not necessarily. Patronizing and solicitation theories can focus on an offer or agreement rather than completed payment.

Still, absence of payment can be relevant when the conversation is ambiguous or the State claims a completed commercial arrangement.

Cash seized from a person should not automatically be labeled prostitution money without supporting evidence.

Text Messages as Evidence

Texts often form the core of the State's case. Words, emojis, abbreviations, prices, time, location, and references to services may be offered as evidence of an agreement.

The defense should preserve the full thread. Selective screenshots can remove context.

Authorship also matters when phones or accounts are shared.

Phone Calls and Recorded Conversations

Undercover officers may record calls or use speakerphone with other officers listening.

The actual recording should be obtained whenever possible. Reports may paraphrase slang or omit uncertainty.

Voice identification and whether the recording is complete can become issues.

Cash and Payment Applications

Police may seize cash or review payment applications when they claim money was intended for a commercial sex act.

Cash can have innocent sources, and payment applications can contain unrelated transactions.

Bank records, withdrawals, employment records, receipts, and complete account history can provide context.

Entrapment

Entrapment is a specific legal defense and is not established merely because police created an opportunity or used an undercover officer.

The defense generally focuses on improper government inducement and whether the defendant was predisposed to commit the offense.

Repeated pressure, unusual incentives, reluctance, and who first introduced criminal terms can become relevant.

Mistake and Ambiguous Communications

An accused person may claim they believed the meeting involved companionship, massage, dancing, photography, or another lawful service rather than prostitution.

The credibility of that explanation depends on the complete conversation and surrounding conduct.

Ambiguous shorthand should be interpreted in context rather than automatically assigned the meaning claimed by police.

Age Communications in Minor Sting Cases

When an officer poses as a minor, the State may rely heavily on messages communicating age.

The defense should identify exactly when age was mentioned, whether the accused acknowledged it, whether contradictory ages were used, and whether the communications continued after age was clarified.

Screenshots should be compared with original extraction data when available.

Solicitation of a Minor

Tennessee Code § 39-13-528 separately criminalizes specified communications by an adult intended to command, request, hire, persuade, invite, or attempt to induce a person the adult knows or should know is under eighteen---or an officer posing as a minor under the statute---to engage in conduct that would constitute one of several listed sexual offenses.

Patronizing prostitution is one of the listed predicate offenses.

Solicitation-of-a-minor cases can therefore be charged separately from patronizing prostitution and may carry serious felony and registry consequences depending on the predicate offense.

No Actual Minor Is Required in Some Sting Cases

Tennessee's solicitation-of-a-minor statute expressly addresses law-enforcement officers posing as minors, and the statute states that unsuccessful solicitation or the officer's inability to engage in the solicited offense is not a defense.

That does not eliminate the State's burden to prove the defendant's communications, intent, age-related mental state, and the predicate conduct.

The exact online exchange remains central.

Trafficking for a Commercial Sex Act

Some cases that begin as prostitution investigations can be charged as trafficking for a commercial sex act when the alleged conduct satisfies Tennessee's trafficking statute.

Trafficking is far more serious than ordinary prostitution and involves distinct elements.

Defense counsel should require the State to identify the specific conduct that allegedly transforms a commercial-sex allegation into trafficking.

Promoting Prostitution

Promoting prostitution generally addresses conduct that advances, profits from, manages, supervises, controls, or otherwise facilitates prostitution as defined by Tennessee law.

Cases may involve hotel rooms, transportation, advertisements, money collection, multiple people, or alleged management.

Mere association with someone engaged in prostitution should not substitute for proof of the required promoting conduct.

Human Trafficking Enhancements

Tennessee law treats certain prostitution-related conduct involving minors or vulnerable persons as human-trafficking offenses for additional statutory purposes.

These classifications can affect bail, sentencing, registry, and collateral consequences.

The defense should distinguish ordinary adult prostitution conduct from offenses involving coercion, minors, intellectual disability, or trafficking.

Searches of Phones

Prostitution investigations frequently involve phone searches because communications may establish the alleged agreement.

Police generally need lawful authority such as a warrant, consent, or another recognized basis to search digital contents.

The warrant should be reviewed for probable cause, particularity, date range, applications covered, and whether the search exceeded its scope.

Searches of Vehicles

An arrest near a sting location may lead police to search a vehicle or seek consent.

The prostitution arrest itself does not automatically create unlimited authority to search every part of a vehicle.

The defense should identify the exact basis for the search and whether seized cash, condoms, phones, drugs, or weapons were lawfully obtained.

Searches of Hotel Rooms

Hotel guests can have Fourth Amendment privacy rights in their rooms during the lawful occupancy period.

Police may enter with consent, a warrant, exigent circumstances, or other lawful authority depending on the facts.

An undercover-controlled room presents different issues from a room rented and occupied by the accused.

Statements to Police

After arrest, officers may ask what the accused thought the meeting was for, how much money they brought, whether they read the advertisement, or what specific terms meant.

Statements can turn an ambiguous case into a stronger prosecution.

The defense should review Miranda, custody, voluntariness, and the complete recording.

Miranda Rights

Miranda warnings generally apply to custodial interrogation. The timing of arrest and questioning in a sting can therefore matter.

Spontaneous statements may be treated differently from answers to police questioning.

Body-camera footage should establish the sequence.

Body-Camera and Undercover Video

Video can show the actual encounter, whether the officer requested money, whether the accused expressed confusion, how quickly police entered, and what statements were made.

The defense should seek all angles and all audio, not merely clips selected for prosecution.

Video can also show whether the written report exaggerates the certainty of the alleged agreement.

Identity and Account Attribution

Online cases sometimes begin with a username, phone number, application account, or advertisement response rather than an in-person identification.

The State must connect the communications to the accused.

Subscriber information, device possession, IP records, photographs, voice, payment data, and account access can be relevant, but each has limitations.

Prostitution and Drug Charges

Sting arrests can lead to drug possession charges when police find controlled substances during a search.

The legality of the search should be challenged independently.

A prostitution allegation does not automatically authorize a broad evidentiary search for unrelated drugs.

Prostitution and Firearm Charges

A firearm discovered during a prostitution investigation may create separate charges depending on possession status, location, criminal history, and other circumstances.

The defense should examine whether the gun was lawfully found and who possessed it.

The mere presence of a firearm does not transform every prostitution case into a weapons felony.

Prostitution and Public Intoxication

Street or nightlife arrests may include public intoxication or disorderly conduct allegations.

Each offense has separate elements.

Intoxication may also affect the reliability of statements, memory, and whether an alleged agreement was actually understood.

Vehicle Impoundment

Tennessee law has authorized vehicle towing and impoundment consequences in connection with certain prostitution-related arrests under specified statutes.

The exact current authority, procedure, fee, and disposition should be checked for the charged offense and arrest date.

Property consequences can arise separately from the criminal case.

Sex Offender Registry Issues

Registry consequences depend on the exact conviction. Ordinary adult prostitution-related misdemeanors do not carry the same consequences as solicitation-of-a-minor, trafficking, or felony offenses involving minors.

Tennessee's registry law classifies certain solicitation-of-a-minor convictions as sexual or violent sexual offenses depending on the offense classification.

Before accepting any plea in a minor-related case, registry consequences should be confirmed precisely.

Immigration Consequences

Prostitution-related convictions can create immigration concerns for noncitizens under federal law.

Immigration consequences do not always track Tennessee's misdemeanor-versus-felony labels.

A noncitizen should obtain offense-specific immigration advice before entering a plea.

Professional Licensing and Employment

An arrest involving prostitution can affect employment, professional licensing, security clearances, military careers, immigration status, and reputation.

These collateral consequences can be more damaging than the immediate misdemeanor sentence in an ordinary adult case.

Defense strategy should consider dismissal, diversion, expungement, and the exact wording of any negotiated disposition.

Diversion

Some first-time misdemeanor defendants may be eligible for pretrial or judicial diversion depending on the exact charge, criminal history, statutory eligibility, prosecutor, and court.

Felony minor-related or trafficking offenses present very different eligibility and policy considerations.

Defenses should be evaluated before assuming diversion is the best available result.

Expungement

Dismissal, successful diversion, or another qualifying disposition may allow expungement under Tennessee law.

The exact offense matters because some sexual or trafficking-related convictions may be treated differently.

Record consequences should be discussed before any plea.

Prostitution Cases Involving Prior Convictions

Prior prostitution-related convictions can affect negotiations, sentencing, credibility issues, or other statutory consequences depending on the offense.

The defense should verify certified judgments rather than relying on an arrest-history printout.

An arrest that was dismissed is not the same as a conviction.

Negotiating a Prostitution Case

Negotiations can depend on the clarity of the agreement, defendant's history, whether an actual adult or undercover officer was involved, age-related allegations, entrapment evidence, search issues, mitigation, and collateral consequences.

An ordinary adult patronizing misdemeanor may present very different options from a felony sting involving a purported minor.

Strong negotiation begins with a precise understanding of what the recordings actually prove.

Preparing a Prostitution Case for Trial

A trial should identify the exact alleged commercial-sex agreement and the evidence proving it. The defense should ask: Who initiated the sexual terms? What compensation was discussed? Was there a definite agreement? What did the accused understand about age? Was the account actually controlled by the accused? Were statements and digital evidence lawfully obtained?

Complete recordings can be more persuasive than police summaries.

In felony cases involving a purported minor or vulnerable person, each status and mental-state element should be separately addressed.

Important Evidence to Obtain in a Nashville Prostitution Case

• Complete text-message, app, social-media, and online-advertisement conversations.
• Original phone extraction data rather than selected screenshots.
• Undercover audio and video recordings.
• Body-camera and dash-camera footage.
• Hotel surveillance, key-card records, and room-registration information.
• Street, business, parking-lot, and traffic-camera footage.
• Search warrants for phones, vehicles, rooms, accounts, and cloud data.
• Cash-seizure records and legitimate source-of-funds documentation.
• Payment-application records and complete transaction history.
• Undercover officer reports and operation plans.
• Dispatch records and arrest timestamps.
• Evidence showing when and how an alleged minor's age was communicated.
• Subscriber, device, IP, and account-attribution records.
• Informant agreements, benefits, payment, and criminal history when an informant is involved.
• Certified records of any prior convictions the State relies upon.
• Evidence supporting reluctance, inducement, or other entrapment-related facts.

Common Defenses and Issues

• No definite agreement to exchange compensation for sexual activity.
• Ambiguous messages or slang interpreted too aggressively by police.
• The defendant believed the meeting involved a lawful service or social encounter.
• The defendant did not send or control the account used for the communications.
• Age was not clearly communicated or the State cannot prove the required age-related mental state.
• The defendant withdrew before agreeing to criminal conduct.
• Government inducement and lack of predisposition support an entrapment defense.
• Police omitted exculpatory portions of the conversation.
• Statements were obtained in violation of Miranda or were involuntary.
• A phone, vehicle, hotel room, or other property was unlawfully searched.
• The State charged a felony status-based patronizing theory without proving the required status.
• The alleged conduct fits a less serious offense than the charge selected.
• Cash or payment evidence had an innocent explanation.
• An undercover officer's report is contradicted by audio or video.
• The State cannot prove identity beyond a reasonable doubt.

Why Hire a Former Prosecutor for a Nashville Prostitution Case?

Prostitution cases are frequently built through police-created communications and undercover encounters. Small differences in wording can determine whether the evidence shows flirtation, negotiation, a lawful service, an offer to hire for sexual activity, solicitation of a minor, or a far more serious trafficking-related offense.

Kevin Kennedy previously handled thousands of criminal cases as a prosecutor. As a Nashville defense lawyer, he evaluates the case the way the State will: the exact words used, recordings, age communications, payment evidence, search warrants, statements, and the classification selected by the prosecutor.

That analysis is particularly important after Tennessee's July 1, 2026 patronizing-law changes, which created major felony exposure in specified cases involving minors, officers posing as minors, and people with intellectual disabilities.

What to Do After a Prostitution or Patronizing Arrest

• Do not delete texts, advertisements, app messages, call logs, or account data.
• Do not contact the undercover officer, alleged provider, informant, or alleged victim.
• Do not post about the arrest on social media.
• Preserve the complete conversation, including messages that appear embarrassing but provide context.
• Save receipts, bank records, and payment history that explain cash or transfers.
• Tell your lawyer immediately if an alleged minor's age was discussed.
• Identify every device and account used in the conversation.
• Do not consent to additional phone or cloud-account searches without legal advice.
• Tell counsel about any immigration, professional-license, military, or security-clearance concerns.
• Have counsel obtain recordings, warrants, and complete digital evidence promptly.

Frequently Asked Questions About Prostitution Charges in Tennessee

Is prostitution illegal in Tennessee?

Yes. Tennessee criminalizes prostitution and several related offenses, including patronizing and promoting prostitution.

What is patronizing prostitution?

It generally involves hiring or offering to hire another person to engage in sexual activity for compensation under Tennessee law.

Is patronizing prostitution a felony in Tennessee?

Ordinary adult patronizing is currently a Class A misdemeanor, but Tennessee law effective July 1, 2026 creates serious felony classifications in specified cases involving an officer posing as a minor, a person with an intellectual disability, or an actual minor.

What changed in Tennessee prostitution law in 2026?

Effective July 1, 2026, Tennessee increased patronizing penalties to a Class B felony for specified cases involving an adult officer posing as a minor or a person with an intellectual disability, and a Class A felony when the subject is an actual minor.

What is the penalty for patronizing an adult prostitute?

Under current Tennessee law, ordinary adult patronizing under the applicable subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.

What if the person was actually an undercover police officer?

An undercover operation can still support a charge. The exact offense depends on what the officer represented, including whether the officer posed as an adult or minor.

What if an adult police officer was posing as a minor?

Under current Tennessee patronizing law, the specified offense is a Class B felony. Other solicitation statutes may also be considered depending on the communications.

What if the person was actually under eighteen?

Current Tennessee law makes patronizing an actual minor a Class A felony under the applicable subsection, and other serious offenses may also apply.

Does sex actually have to happen?

No. An offer, agreement, solicitation, or other specified conduct may be sufficient depending on the charge.

Does money have to change hands?

Not necessarily. An offer to hire or agreement can be enough for some offenses.

Can text messages alone lead to a prostitution charge?

Yes. Texts can be used as evidence of an offer or agreement, although the complete context and identity of the sender must be proven.

Can I be arrested for responding to an online ad?

Responding alone does not necessarily prove a crime, but subsequent communications may create evidence of a commercial-sex agreement.

Can I be charged if I never went to the hotel?

Potentially, depending on the offense and the communications. Some solicitation offenses do not require a completed meeting.

Can I be charged if I went to the hotel but changed my mind?

Potentially. The timing of any agreement and withdrawal matters. Complete messages and video should be reviewed.

What is entrapment?

Entrapment is a legal defense involving improper government inducement and lack of predisposition; simply providing an opportunity is generally not enough.

Is an undercover prostitution sting automatically entrapment?

No. Undercover operations are not automatically entrapment.

What if the officer brought up sex first?

That fact can be relevant but does not by itself establish entrapment. The entire exchange and defendant's response matter.

Can police search my phone after a prostitution arrest?

A digital search generally requires lawful authority such as a warrant, consent, or another recognized basis.

Can police search my car after a prostitution arrest?

Not automatically. The State must identify a lawful basis for the vehicle search.

Can police use cash found on me as evidence?

Yes, but possession of cash does not by itself prove prostitution. Legitimate sources can be documented.

Can police use condoms as evidence?

They may attempt to use surrounding items as circumstantial evidence, but ordinary possession of condoms has lawful explanations and should not substitute for proof of an agreement.

What is solicitation of a minor in Tennessee?

It is a separate offense involving specified communications by an adult intended to induce a minor---or qualifying officer posing as a minor---to engage in conduct that would constitute one of several listed sexual offenses.

Does there have to be a real minor for solicitation of a minor?

No. Tennessee's statute expressly covers qualifying law-enforcement officers posing as minors.

Can a solicitation-of-a-minor conviction require sex offender registration?

Depending on the classification and conviction, Tennessee's registry law can classify solicitation of a minor as a sexual or violent sexual offense.

What is promoting prostitution?

It generally involves specified conduct advancing, managing, controlling, profiting from, or facilitating prostitution.

What is the difference between prostitution and trafficking?

Trafficking for a commercial sex act is a separate, much more serious offense with distinct statutory elements. Not every prostitution case is trafficking.

Can prostitution charges affect immigration status?

Yes. Prostitution-related conduct and convictions can have federal immigration consequences, so noncitizens should obtain immigration advice before a plea.

Can a prostitution arrest affect my professional license?

Potentially. Licensing boards and employers may have reporting or character requirements even before conviction.

Can I get diversion for patronizing prostitution?

Some defendants may be eligible depending on the exact charge, record, statutory rules, prosecutor, and court. Felony minor-related cases are very different.

Can a prostitution charge be expunged?

Dismissal, successful diversion, or another qualifying disposition may allow expungement depending on the exact offense and Tennessee law.

Can a prostitution charge be dismissed?

Potentially. Ambiguous communications, identity problems, unlawful searches, entrapment, insufficient proof, or other legal and factual issues can undermine a case.

Can patronizing prostitution be reduced?

Potentially, depending on the charge, evidence, offense date, history, prosecutor, and court.

Does the 1.5-mile school rule matter?

Yes. Tennessee law imposes additional mandatory punishment for qualifying patronizing prostitution within one and one-half miles of a school.

Should I explain myself to police after a prostitution sting?

It is generally safer to speak with a lawyer before answering investigative questions. Statements can resolve ambiguities in the State's favor.

Why is the offense date important in a Tennessee prostitution case?

Tennessee changed patronizing penalties effective July 1, 2026. The applicable law can therefore depend on when the alleged conduct occurred.

Related Nashville Prostitution and Criminal Defense Pages

• Nashville Patronizing Prostitution Lawyer
• Nashville Solicitation of a Minor Lawyer
• Nashville Human Trafficking Lawyer
• Nashville Promoting Prostitution Lawyer
• Nashville Indecent Exposure Lawyer
• Nashville Public Intoxication Lawyer
• Nashville Disorderly Conduct Lawyer
• Nashville Illegal Search Lawyer
• Nashville Search Warrant Lawyer
• Nashville First-Time Offender Lawyer
• Nashville Misdemeanor Lawyer
• Nashville Felony Lawyer
• Nashville Criminal Defense Lawyer

Related Questions

• What is patronizing prostitution in Tennessee?
• Is patronizing prostitution a felony in Tennessee in 2026?
• What changed in Tennessee's patronizing law on July 1, 2026?
• Can an undercover prostitution sting be entrapment?
• Can I be charged if no sexual activity occurred?
• Can I be charged if no money changed hands?
• What if a police officer was posing as a minor?
• What is the penalty for patronizing an actual minor?
• Can text messages prove prostitution?
• Can police search my phone after a prostitution arrest?
• What is the difference between prostitution and solicitation of a minor?
• Does solicitation of a minor require a real minor?
• Can prostitution charges require sex offender registration?
• Can a patronizing charge qualify for diversion?
• Can a Nashville prostitution charge be expunged?

Talk to a Nashville Prostitution Lawyer

A prostitution case should be reconstructed from the complete evidence rather than the arrest label: the advertisement, every message, every phone call, the alleged age representation, what compensation was discussed, what the accused agreed to, what happened at the meeting, and what police searched or seized.

Kevin Kennedy is a Nashville criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor who has handled thousands of criminal cases. He represents people facing prostitution, patronizing, solicitation, trafficking-related, search-and-seizure, misdemeanor, and felony charges in Nashville and Davidson County.

If you are facing a prostitution-related charge in Nashville, call or text 615-205-7311 for a free consultation.