The director of a reality show in which a Brazilian woman auctioned her virginity could be charged with sex trafficking offences.
Catarina Migliorini is set to earn £490,000 from the online auction which closed last Wednesday.
The physical education student was taking part in a documentary by Australian film-maker Justin Sisely, entitled Virgins Wanted.
The winning bidder is a Japanese man called Natsu. The pair will reportedly sleep together on a plane between Australia and the US in a bid to avoid prostitution laws.
But yesterday Brazil's attorney general, Joao Pedro de Saboia Bandeira de Mello Filho, ordered an ‘urgent' investigation, claiming the auction amounted to ‘people trafficking'.
In a letter to Brazil's Foreign Minister he said Mr Sisely should be stopped from ‘executing the crime' and called on authorities in Australia, where Miss Migliorini lives, to revoke her visa and deport her back to Brazil for ‘the exercise of prostitution'.
He said: 'In prinicipal this looks to me like the crime of people traficking, whose repression is provided for in international treaties.'
Natsu fended off strong competition from American bidders Jack Miller and Jack Right, and Indian big-spender Rudra Chatterjee, to secure a date with the 20-year-old.
Miss Migliorini vehemently denied being a prostitute on the basis she was only selling her body the one time
Catarina's decision to sell her virginity sparked outrage across the globe, with many claiming she was little more than a prostitute.
She also caused controversy when she revealed she would be followed every step of the way by an Australian crew for a documentary film called Virgins Wanted.
The intercourse itself will not be filmed and Natsu will retain a right to be anonymous, without his picture appearing in the media.
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If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, its a duck.
Yeah that "one time" comment is hilarious.
Willing seller willing buyer. The do-gooders should butt the f... out. Iwish that these asshole that are "outraged would not be allowed to breed" that way they would go away
More goose less duck
Does it set a dangerous precedent though, not in prostitution terms (who cares) but in some human trafficking?
Maybe not, but food for thought.
It's trafficking in sex. Her comment about not being a prostitute is laughable.
And she's not that beautiful anyway.
Mr Natsu could have "purchased" far more beautiful girls in Detroit, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas, or Adelitas for a fraction of the price.
Some men have a need for sex with virgins I suppose.
I do agree with the human trafficing comment but she intiated the sale. People who force women or men into the sex trade should be put into "STOCKS" (like in the old days) naked in the town square to allow the crowds to abuse them as they have abused their slaves.
Prostitute for sure. If you're selling sex acts for money, you're a prostitute I don't believe for a second that she's a virgin. Many, but not all Brazilian women are pretty free and open about sex. They also lie like hell for material gain. It doesn't surprise me....
I'd hope that he would have it confirmed first. A few years ago someone did this through the legal brothels in Nevada and I believe a Doc was used to certify it.
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