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I was once involved with a ex-neighbor's daughter. We sent explicit pictures to each other on numerous occasions (both over 18). However my mother and the neighbor have a dissolved friendship and she continually threatens me by saying she has the pictures saved on a phone and that if I do ANYTHING to upset her she will say the pictures were sent to her underage daughter. Do I have any rights in this such as going to magistrate and filing some kind of petition? What is the law against this? Blackmail/Extortion?

Thank you.


Asked on 3/23/12, 2:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Raymond Kline Raymond D. Kline

What has occured is not a completed act or attempt at extortion. If she threatened you with a demand for money or something of value, that is extortion. Blackmail is the old common law equivalent of extortion. If she continually harrasses you by phone or in person, she could be charged with a Class One misdemeanor of telephone harrassment or be subject to a Protective Order, ordering her to stay away from you and not communicate with you. If she violates that order, she can be charged with a Class One misdemeanor of violating a Protective Order.

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Answered on 3/25/12, 1:33 pm


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