Legal Question in Criminal Law in Wisconsin

This request for money in return for not reporting a crime is classic extortion, which would be illegal and potentially a felony for the minor. However, by filing a complaint, you too would be admitting to a misdemeanor crime, for which you might actually be charged, even though he too might be charged. If the suspense is ruining your life however, a better approach might be to attempt to address the issue through professional counseling, since reporting may not help you emotionally even if you do go forward with the charges. Then, after resolving your own problems, you might be able to make a better decision on whether or not it is worth the trouble of doing anything further about this, opposed to writing it off to experience and using this lesson to avoid such problems in the future.

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