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> “criminal blackmail excludes legal process,” They're saying that "If you don't pay me $X, I'll tell your wife I slept with you" is not illegal, so it doesn't
by HeyLaughingBoy 4y ago
> “criminal blackmail excludes legal process,”
They're saying that "If you don't pay me $X, I'll tell your wife I slept with you" is not illegal, so it doesn't constitute criminal blackmail.
- singleshot_ 4y agoI’d probably run that assertion by a lawyer before I lived by it.
- belorn 4y agoPay me or I will ruin your reputation is very much blackmail. Investigative journalism would become potentially extremely profitable if it wasn't.
- HeyLaughingBoy 4y agoOf course it's blackmail. The question is if it's criminal or not.
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- singleshot_ 4y agoBlackmail is a crime, so this would be a pretty safe bet.