568.080. 1. A person commits the crime of use of a child in a sexual performance if, knowing the character and content thereof, the person employs, authorizes, or induces a child less than seventeen years of age to engage in a sexual performance or, being a parent, legal guardian, or custodian of such child, consents to the participation by such child in such sexual performance.
2. Use of a child in a sexual performance is a class C felony, unless in the course thereof the person inflicts serious emotional injury on the child, in which case the crime is a class B felony.
(L. 1984 H.B. 1255)(2002) Prohibited performance is not limited to a visual performance. State v. Butler, 88 S.W.3d 126 (Mo.App.S.D.).
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