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What is the Crime of “Sextortion” and What Are the Penalties?

Sexual extortion — or “sextortion” — occurs when a person forces someone else to engage in sexually related conduct under threat of exposing private or personal information. Pennsylvania made sextortion a criminal offense in 2020. Pennsylvania law sets forth these examples of conduct that is considered to be sextortion: Harming or threatening to harm the… Read More »