> To be extortion, the threatened action has to be illegal. Generally no, that's not true. For example: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/18/00.

> To be extortion, the threatened action has to be illegal. Generally no, that's not true. For example: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/18/00.039.023.000..HTM https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/18/00.039.02... "Theft by extortion. . . . if he intentionally obtains or withholds property of another by threatening to . . . expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule"