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 ...

Braden’s Law, authored by state Rep. Brian Lorenz (R-Powell), was signed into law by Gov. Mike DeWine Wednesday.

Governor Mike DeWine has signed a new bill into law aimed at protecting individuals from the harmful crime of sextortion. The ...

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

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

Gov. Mike DeWine in a Wednesday afternoon ceremony signed a bill into law that makes sexual extortion a felony offense in ...

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 ...

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 October 2023, he was talking ...

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

But Ohio lawmakers passed a bevy of bills in 2024. They ran the gamut, from regulations on trans people's bathroom use, to ...

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 ...