You do. Verbally agreeing to something doesn’t mean. Only when you pull out the cash will you be in trouble.

Technically, yes. Practically, you are not going to be arrested/prosecuted until money is produced and offered. Too hard, not worth the effort, to prosecute what is essentially a conspiracy with just the agreement. That also depends on the jurisdiction. Big cities aren’t going to bother, they have enough cases to worry about. Smaller ones, maybe. Know where you’re at.

Interesting topic to come up and now Cook County Sheriff's got 21 individuals. Charged them $1000 and cars towed.

This is interesting for what it doesn’t say. First, they received fines, which they could pay and be on their way, or could contest and go before a judge, like someone can do to contest a traffic ticket. Wonder how many will contest and if they do whether the county prosecutes. The burden is on the county to prove and they’d need more than “he said he was going to pay for six.” Second, I’d be willing to bet that nothing happened until in terms of arrest until the unlucky ones pulled out the cash and either offered it to undercover officer or clearly showed it. Ch. 2 received this info from the media affairs dept. from  whatever police department handled the sting. No reason for the police to include details that may hamper any future stings and no reason for Ch. 2 to ask any questions. They got the titillating 20 second story they  needed to fill some time. So ... yeah, like I said, know where you’re at. There is a reason many escorts say well before hand they expected their donation to be in an envelope left in the bathroom. This is why.

Where is Hunter?

Was Hunter one of those arrested?  

Sorry, don't mean to be political but this one was too easy to pass by.