{"id":30412,"date":"2026-02-12T05:30:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=30412"},"modified":"2026-02-12T05:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T10:30:03","slug":"australian-authors-erotic-novel-is-child-sex-abuse-material-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2026\/02\/12\/australian-authors-erotic-novel-is-child-sex-abuse-material-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian author’s erotic novel is child sex abuse material, judge rules"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Australian author has been found guilty of creating child sex abuse material in the form of an erotic age-gap romance novel.<\/b><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

However, Magistrate Bree Chisholm on Tuesday found Mastrosa’s story “sexually objectifies children”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mastrosa, 34, issued an advance release of the novel Daddy\u2019s Little Toy to 21 readers in March last year before a complaint about its content was made to police and Mastrosa,\u00a0 from Quakers Hill, in Sydney\u2019s northwest, was arrested on March 21.<\/p>\n

Chisholm read the whole book, published under the pen name Tori Woods, and found a reasonable reader would find it “undeniably offensive”.<\/p>\n

Throughout the novel –\u00a0 the title of which is spelled out in children’s alphabet blocks – the protagonist uses child-like language, wears children’s clothing, and engages in child-like behaviour.<\/p>\n

Chisholm said any references to the character being 18 were insufficient to overcome the implication of her as a child.<\/p>\n

“Importantly, those descriptions and language are used in the portions of the book to describe a character similar to a young child when the sexual activity is occurring,” Chisholm said, according to the Australian Associated Press.<\/p>\n

“The reader is left with a description that creates the visual image in one’s mind of an adult male engaging in sexual activity with a young child.”<\/p>\n

The judge ruled that none of the online threats made against Mastrosa and her husband were elevated enough to warrant the court shielding her identity.<\/p>\n

Found guilty of one count each of creating, possessing and distributing child abuse material, Mastrosa will return to Blacktown Local Court to be sentenced on 28 April.<\/p>\n

When Mastrosa was charged, BaptistCare told the Daily Telegraph she had been stood down from her role pending an investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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