That's it. You can legally threaten to tell the truth, and you can legally ask for money. But combining those two acts is what's illegal. Note that I may be wr

That's it. You can legally threaten to tell the truth, and you can legally ask for money. But combining those two acts is what's illegal. Note that I may be wrong about this case being blackmail, since the youtube videos are already posted (thanks to gamblor956 for pointing this out). Whereas "Pay me money or I will make a bad youtube video about you" would be blackmail.