Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: Solicitation of prostitution

There doesn't seem to be a private right of action for solicitation of prostitution; the closest civil action you could bring would be for sexual harassment. Whether your facts are sufficient to win such an action is a question you'd have to address to a specialist in this kind of tort law, rather than under the heading of business law.

Mental anguish would be part of your claim for damages. I suspect that proof of any substantial amount of monetary damage would be the chief stumbling block to a big judgment, but maybe the principle of the thing rather than the money is your motivating force.

Whether there is a breach of an oral contract here is somewhat doubtful, but your lawyer should probably add a cause of action for this when writing the complaint.

If the prospective investor has millions, he will probably spend heavily on his defense in order to protect his reputation; or, maybe, he will offer you a quick out-of-court and confidential settlement.

Re: Solicitation of prostitution

I can't tell from the facts you have provided whether you have a cause of action against this man or not. There's nothing illegal about declining to invest after lengthy negotiations. Demanding sex in exchange for the investment is a crime, but a single such request probably doesn't amount to sexual harassment or anything else over which you can sue.

You mention suing for breach of contract, but nothing you wrote suggests that you and the investor had a contract in the first place. He can't breach a contract unless you and he had already formed one. It sounds like the two of you were still negotiating the terms of such a contract; if that is the case then no contract had yet been formed.

I might see things differently if I had more information.