These teenage boys were blackmailed online – and it cost them their lives
Parents told USA TODAY their teenage sons died by suicide within 24 hours of being financially sextorted. Here's what they ...
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Braden's Law makes sextortion a felony in Ohio and requires quicker access to social media evidence for parents of young victims: Legally Speaking
Braden's Law is named after Braden Markus, a Columbus high school student who was just 15 years old when he took his own life after falling victim to a sextortion scheme. Braden's parents said it ...
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Teen boys being blackmailed online – and it cost them their lives: ‘They just shamed him’
The day before 15-year-old Braden Markus received unsolicited sexual messages on Instagram, he was “literally on cloud nine” from his coach’s praise at their Friday and Saturday football ...
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Braden’s Law: How Ohio is strengthening punishments for sextortion
surrounded by Braden Markus’ family and friends. The Olentangy student died by suicide in October 2021, after falling victim to sextortion — short for sexual extortion — which occurs when ...
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Gov. DeWine signs Braden’s Law, which prohibits sexual extortion
The law was named in honor of Braden Markus. A 15-year-old Olentangy High School student who took his own life in 2021 after becoming a victim of sextortion. Braden thought he was talking to a ...
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Sextortion: A Growing Threat to Teen Mental Health and Safety
Teen sextortion is the fastest-growing cybercrime, with devastating consequences. Learn how parents and communities can ...
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These Ohio teen boys were blackmailed online. It cost them their lives
The day before 15-year-old Braden Markus received unsolicited sexual messages on Instagram, he was “literally on cloud nine” from his coach’s praise at their Friday and Saturday football ...