South Carolina H 3583

Creates the felony crime of sexual extortion (”sextortion”), which is defined as:

• Acts involving willful and malicious intent to coerce a victim to engage in sexual conduct, in sexually explicit conduct, or in simulated sexually explicit conduct, or to communicate by any means a threat to either the victim’s person, property, or reputation or distribution of an intimate image or video of the victim; or
• Acts knowingly causing a victim to engage in sexual conduct, in sexually explicit conduct, or in simulated sexually explicit conduct, or to produce, provide, or distribute any image, video, or other recording of any person naked or engaged in sexually explicit conduct by means of a threat.

Takes effect May 18, 2023.