The legal name for pimping is “Deriving financial support from prostitution” and is a crime in Massachusetts. In order to be convicted of pimping, the Commonwealth must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the (1) person derived financial support from another person’s prostitution, or shared in any earnings, monies, or proceeds that were produced by another person’s prostitution; and (2) person was aware or had knowledge that the individual being paid was a prostitute.
If found guilty of this crime, the person is subject to a minimum sentence of 5 years in state prison with a $5,000 fine.
Be advised, that a judge cannot reduce this sentence to less than 2 years, and a person must wait for at least two years of when the sentence is served to be eligible for parole or probation.