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 ...

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 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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...