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.

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

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 ...

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'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.

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 ...