Alfred A. Stango, Chairman
Commission on Adult Entertainment
October 18, 1995
Page 2

book. We understand further that the reader is advised in the advertisement that escorts are available for all occasions. Next, we understand that the person answering the telephone will then have the escort meet the caller at a place of the caller's choosing or the escort's choosing. The escort and the customer of the service do not meet necessarily, or in practice, where the telephone is being answered. Thus an escort service involves a place that receives telephone calls and an infinite number of places where the "escorting" occurs.

An examination of the Act indicates that there is no mention of an escort service in the definitional section, which provides as follows:

Adult Entertainment Establishment shall mean any commercial establishment, business or service, or portion thereof, which offers services, performances or any combination thereof, or in any other form, whether printed, filmed, recorded or live. The term "adult entertainment establishment" shall include but not be limited to such activities as:

a. Adult book store....

b. Conversation parlor....

c. Adult shows or adult peep shows....

d. Adult motion picture theatres....

e. Massage establishments....

24 Del. C. § 1602(2).

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