Prosecuting Cyber-Pedophiles: How Can Intent Be Shown in a Virtual World in Light of the Fantasy Defense?
Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: Late one night, thirty-four-year-old Patrick Naughton, a former Infoseek executive, walked along the Santa Monica Pier to meet "KRISLA." ' KRISLA was the handle 2 of a supposed thirteen-year-old girl with whom he had a sexual correspondence for over nine months.3 The five-foot, blonde haired girl waited on the pier near the roller coaster, carrying a green backpack as instructed by Naughton.4 Naughton had written to her about love and sex and that he "wanted to get[her] alone in his hotel room and have [her] strip naked for him."5 However, the married Naughton, who had traveled from Seattle, alleged that he had no intention of having sex with KRISLA and that he did not even believe she was who she said she was.7 Naughton was correct in that this was all just
Author: Donald S. Yamagami
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1485255515