SINGAPORE: A 46-year-old man has been charged with providing sexual services to a 17-year-old girl for S$1,000 in the Orchard Road area.
U.S. citizen Aloi Gregory Marshall allegedly did so at a unit in Delfi Orchard on April 24, 2021.
Details about how they met were not provided in the charge sheet.
Aloi also faces a second charge of possessing 115 obscene movies. The videos were allegedly discovered on June 1 last year on two phones and an iPad.
His case opens on Wednesday (February 9) and will be transferred to chambers for pre-trial conferences next month.
He has been granted bail of S$15,000.
If convicted of providing sexual services to a person under the age of 18, he could be jailed for up to seven years, fined, or both.
Possession of obscene films can result in a fine of at least S$500 and a maximum of S$20,000 per film. He could also be jailed for up to six months, or both.
