SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California judge rejected pimping charges Friday against the operators of a major international website advertising escort services that the state attorney general has called the "world's top online brothel," citing federal free speech laws.
"This Court finds it difficult to see any illegal behavior outside of the reliance upon the content of speech created by others," Bowman wrote in Friday's ruling. "The whiff of illegality is detected only when considering the alleged content of the statements contained in the ads."
Bowman's action Friday makes final a previous tentative ruling.
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