Tenn. Code § 39-13-502 : Criminal Offenses — Offenses Against Person — Sexual Offenses —13-502 - Aggravated rape
(a) Aggravated rape is unlawful sexual penetration of 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:
(1) Mentally defective;
(2) Mentally incapacitated;
(3) Physically helpless; or
(4) A vulnerable adult, as defined in §
39-15-501, with an intellectual disability.
(b) Aggravated rape is a Class A felony.