335 Relating to: threatening to communicate derogatory information.
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2015 WISCONSIN ACT
335
An Act
to amend
943.31 of the statutes;
relating to:
threatening to communicate derogatory information.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1
.
943.31 of the statutes is amended to read:
943.31
Threats to communicate derogatory information.
Whoever
maliciously
threatens
, with intent to extort money or any pecuniary advantage whatever, or with intent to compel the person so threatened to do any act against the person's will,
to
disseminate or to
communicate to anyone information, whether true or false,
which
that
would
humiliate or
injure the reputation of the threatened person or another
unless the threatened person transfers property to a person known not to be entitled to it
is guilty of a Class I felony.
For the purpose of this section, "information" includes any photograph, exposed film, motion picture, videotape, or data that represents a visual image, a sound recording, or any data that represents or produces an audio signal.