Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“An Australian author has been found guilty of creating child sex abuse material in the form of an erotic age-gap romance novel. A New South Wales (NSW) court heard the book explores a relationship between 18-year-old Lucy and her father’s 45-year-old best friend Arthur — detailing the much-older man’s desires which began when the protagonist was a child as well as passages where she roleplays as a toddler. Lauren Mastrosa, a marketing executive for a Christian charity, was charged after the book sparked outrage online but in court she argued Lucy is clearly identified as an adult in the novel.
However, Magistrate Bree Chisholm on Tuesday found Mastrosa’s story ‘sexually objectifies children.'” (02/10/26)