Her pictorial in Velvet apparently ran while she was still 15, as wikipedia says she dropped out of school because fellow students recognized her from it. So I can’t be more exact than “15 or 16” for how old she was. Thing is, I don’t know when the “September 1984” issue of Penthouse actually came out (I often get magazines dated “February” before Christmas, but sometimes get “August” near the end of September), and I don’t know how far in advance those pictures were taken. She started nude modeling in February, turned 16 in May, and made her first adult film in October. Well, wikipedia says she was born May 7 1968, and appeared in the September 1984 Penthouse. But yes, they were fooled by the same fake ID she used to first do porn (and fooled the US Govt with to get a passport)… I’m pretty sure Lords was 17 when the Penthouse pictorial was shot. These have been attacked at various times and places but I don’t recall any notable cases in recent years. For that matter, nudist publications abound and many have family pictures, almost the definition of non-sexualized nudes. Yet historic examples of mere nudes do exist without prosecution. Even without prosecution, distribution will be difficult. In most times and places, prosecution for nude images of under-18 models will be automatic and successful because sexualization is assumed. Check the laws in your area and, if in doubt, consult a legal expert. Remember that 18 is not always the minimum. But for the type of images that you see on this web site, it is best to play it safe. Think of images you have seen of babies, medical images, family photos, and the like. There is actually nothing automatically illegal about nude photographs of minors. Every site I do find has a disclaimer like this one:Ībove, I mentioned photographing and publishing nudes of someone who is 18 and the age of majority.

I’ve been trying to find that tightened law of 1967 (if it exists) with no luck. This suggests that there are legal restrictions against using under-eighteen nude models. There’s obviously a market for people that would like to look at nude sixteen and seventeen year olds but nobody is trying to sell to it.

If this is the case, then why do porn magazines go to such lengths to ensure their models are eighteen? If what you’re saying is correct, a magazine could openly sell pictures of women under eighteen as long as they’re not engaged in actual sex.

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