| (2) | An actor commits the offense of sexual extortion if the actor:
| (a) | with an intent to coerce a victim to engage in sexual contact, in sexually explicit conduct, or in simulated sexually explicit conduct, or to produce, provide, or distribute an image, video, or other recording of any individual naked or engaged in sexually explicit conduct:
| (i) | communicates, by any means, a threat:
| (A) | to the victim's person, property, or reputation; or |
| (B) | to distribute an intimate image or counterfeit intimate image of the victim; or |
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| (ii) | after a request from the victim or a third party acting at the direction of the victim:
| (A) | declines to delete an intimate image or counterfeit intimate image of the victim from the actor's possession; or |
| (B) | declines to remove or retract from an account managed by the actor on any website, application, or other electronic sharing platform, an intimate image or counterfeit intimate image of the victim previously posted or shared on the website, application, or other electronic sharing platform; |
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| (b) | knowingly causes a victim to engage in sexual contact, in sexually explicit conduct, or in simulated sexually explicit conduct, or to produce, provide, or distribute any image, video, or other recording of any individual naked or engaged in sexually explicit conduct:
| (i) | by communicating, through any means, a threat:
| (A) | to the victim's person, property, or reputation; or |
| (B) | to distribute an intimate image or counterfeit intimate image of the victim; or |
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| (ii) | by declining, after receiving a request from the victim or a third party acting at the direction of the victim:
| (A) | to delete an intimate image or counterfeit intimate image of the victim from the actor's possession; or |
| (B) | to remove or retract from an account managed by the actor on any website, application, or other electronic sharing platform, an intimate image or counterfeit intimate image of the victim previously posted or shared on the website, application, or other electronic sharing platform; or |
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| (c) | with intent to obtain a thing of value from a victim or compel the victim to do any act or refrain from doing any act against the victim's will:
| (i) | communicates, by any means, a threat to distribute an intimate image or counterfeit intimate image of the victim; or |
| (ii) | after a request from the victim or a third party acting at the direction of the victim:
| (A) | declines to delete an intimate image or counterfeit intimate image of the victim from the actor's possession; or |
| (B) | declines to remove or retract from an account managed by the actor on any website, application, or other electronic sharing platform, an intimate image or counterfeit intimate image of the victim previously posted or shared on the website, application, or other electronic sharing platform. |
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