Revenge Porn, or Posting a Private Image for Harassment, is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person uses social media or another website to post private images of another’s intimate parts with the intent to harass the person. A male police officer has been accused of this crime, after his affair with a female police officer did not end well. According to the report, the male officer showed other officers on the force pictures of the two having sex and told her that he would expose the affair to her husband and release all the photos if she didn’t stay with him. His tactics did not work though, and the pictures were shown to the co-workers. Would this be considered Revenge Porn if it had occurred in Fort Collins? Let’s find out!
Fort Collins Posting a Private Image for Harassment Definition
The Larimer and Boulder County, Colorado law definition of Posting a Private Image for Harassment – C.R.S. 18-7-107 – is:
(I) With the intent to harass, intimidate, or coerce the depicted person;
(II) (A) Without the depicted person’s consent; or
(B) When the actor knew or should have known that the depicted person had a reasonable expectation that the image would remain private; and
(III) The conduct results in serious emotional distress of the depicted person.
There is one major component that the man did not meet – he did not post the images online. Instead, he showed them to others, which technically means he couldn’t be charged under the Colorado Revenge Porn statute. Now, because he threatened to release the photos if he didn’t get what he wanted, I could see them going after him for Criminal Extortion.
Sentence for Revenge Porn in Loveland and Estes Park
Posting a Private Image for Harassment is a class 1 misdemeanor in Fort Collins, Loveland and Estes Park, which is punishable by 6 to 18 months in the Larimer County Jail.