Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-13-504

• (a) Aggravated sexual battery is unlawful sexual contact with a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim accompanied by any of the following circumstances:
  • (1) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act and the defendant is armed with a weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim reasonably to believe it to be a weapon;
  • (2) The defendant causes bodily injury to the victim;
  • (3) The defendant is aided or abetted by one (1) or more other persons; and
    • (A) Force or coercion is used to accomplish the act; or
    • (B) The defendant knows or has reason to know that the victim is mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless; or
  • (4) The victim is less than thirteen (13) years of age.

• (b) Aggravated sexual battery is a Class B felony.

Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 1993, ch. 289, § 1.