Commonwealth v. Israeloff

WIEAND, J.,

— Does the masturbation of a naked man by a nude or semi-nude woman constitute “sexual activity”? Defendants have been convicted following trial by jury of prostitution and related offenses on evidence which clearly established that they had been involved in the operation of a massage parlor where male genitalia were “massaged” by nude or semi-nude women for a price. They have filed motions in arrest of judgment which assert that their conduct did not constitute “sexual activity as a business” within the proscription against prostitution contained in section 5902(a)(1) of the…