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PLAINTIFF MODEL SUFFICIENTLY ALLEGED PHOTOSHOOTS DONE WHEN SHE WAS 16 AND 17 FOR A SUNTANNING-PRODUCT MARKETING CAMPAIGN CONSTITUTED “SEXUAL PERFORMANCES” TRIGGERING THE EXTENDED STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN THE CHILD VICTIMS ACT (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Higgitt, determined certain causes of action against the modeling agency which represented plaintiff and the seller of suntanning products which used the photos of plaintiff should not have been dismissed as time-barred under the extended statute of limitations in the Child Victims Act [CVA] (CPLR 214-g). The photoshoots took place when plaintiff was 16 and 17. One of the issues was whether the complaint adequately alleged the photoshoots constituted a “sexual performance” with triggered the applicability of the CVA. After a comprehensive discussion too detailed to summarize here, the First Department held the complaint stated causes of action based on the “sexual performance” criteria in Penal Law 263.05:

At the pleading stage, as to both defendants, we find that a reasonable inference to be drawn from plaintiff’s allegations regarding the photographing of her while she was unclothed is that the resulting photographs may have captured plaintiff’s genitalia, thus satisfying the “sexual conduct” component of a Penal Law § 263.05 sexual performance. It is not merely the allegation of nudity that suffices, but the permissible inference that nudity occasioned the exhibition of genitalia, lewdly, in a photographic performance. We need not and do not reach whether plaintiff will ultimately be successful … , and at this stage, in light of the allegations contained in the complaint and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom, we need not confine our analysis of the allegations to photographs that were ultimately used in Cal Tan’s marketing campaign, as submitted on the appeal.  * * *

We … find that a plaintiff’s age at the time of the alleged acts, so long as under 18 years of age, does not prevent application of the CVA to revive claims otherwise meeting CPLR 214-g’s requirements. Thus, plaintiff adequately pleaded that, with respect to her age at the time of the alleged acts, the CVA applies to her. Doe v Wilhelmina Models, Inc., 2024 NY Slip Op 03081, First Dept 6-6-24

Practice Point: Here photoshoots for a suntanning-product marketing campaign were sufficiently alleged to constitute “sexual performances’ triggering the extended statute of limitations in the Child Victims Act.

 

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