Sydney author found guilty after toddler-roleplay novel ruled child abuse material
- Feb 10
- 1 min read
A Sydney-based author could face possible jail time after a court ruled her self-published erotic novel amounted to child abuse material.
Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, 34, who wrote under the pen name Tori Woods, was found guilty of possessing, producing and disseminating child abuse material over her book Daddy’s Little Toy on Tuesday.
The ruling came at Blacktown Local Court after magistrate Bree Chisholm read the entire 210-page novel, The Guardian reported.
The book centres on Lucy, an 18-year-old woman who roleplays as a toddler with Arthur, her father’s older best friend.
Although the protagonist is repeatedly described as 18, the court found she was portrayed as a young child during sexual scenes through her language, behaviour and physical descriptions.
In delivering her judgement, reported by The Guardian, Chisholm said the novel “sexually objectifies children”.
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,” the magistrate added.
She concluded that a reasonable reader would find the work “undeniably offensive” and that it invited readers to imagine what child abuse laws are designed to prevent.
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