The law signed Wednesday by Gov. Mike DeWine makes makes sexual extortion a third-degree felony, with harsher penalties ...

House Bill 531 was named after Braden Markus, a 15-year-old boy who went to Olentangy High School. He was the victim of a financial sextortion scam three years ago.

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Governor Mike DeWine is expected on Wednesday to sign a bill into law that will make sextortion a felony.

House Bill 531 was named after Braden Markus, a 15-year-old boy who went to Olentangy High School. He was the victim of a financial sextortion scam three years ago.

House Bill 531 was named after Braden Markus, a 15-year-old boy who went to Olentangy High School. He was the victim of a financial sextortion scam three years ago.

In December, both the Ohio House and Senate passed a bill named for Braden Markus, an Olentangy High School student, who was a victim of sextortion. Braden died by suicide in 2021. Sextortion is ...

She's a pediatric care nurse at Nationwide Children's Hospital where her colleagues have offered comfort after her son Braden ...

House Bill 531 was named ‘Braden’s Law’ after Braden Markus, an Olentangy High School student who took his own life after ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is scheduled to sign House Bill 531, also known as Braden’s Law, Wednesday afternoon. Braden’s Law prohibits sexual extortion and requires service ...

Braden Markus was a former Olentangy High School student who died in 2021 after being the victim in a sextortion case. The Ohio legislature recently approved stiffer penalties for those types of ...

Braden's Oct. 17, 2021 death by gunshot shook his family and Olentangy High School community ... calls the fastest growing crime in the nation: sextortion. The legislation, House Bill 531 ...

Ohio's ban on sexual extortion is named for Braden Markus, an Olentangy High School student who died by suicide in 2021.