21-5515. Sexual extortion. (a) Sexual extortion is communicating by any means a threat to injure the property or reputation of a person, commit violence against a person, or distribute an image, video or other recording of a person that is of a sexual nature or depicts such person in a state of nudity:
(1) With the intent to coerce such person to: (A) Engage in sexual contact, sexual intercourse or conduct that is of a sexual nature; or (B) produce, provide or distribute an image, video or other recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaging in conduct that is of a sexual nature; or
(2) that causes such person to: (A) Engage in sexual contact, sexual intercourse or conduct that is of a sexual nature; or (B) produce, provide or distribute an image, video or other recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaging in conduct that is of a sexual nature.
(b) Sexual extortion as defined in:
(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 7, person felony; and
(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 4, person felony.
(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code.
History: L. 2021, ch. 103, ยง 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 21 - Crimes And Punishments
21-5504 Criminal sodomy; aggravated criminal sodomy.
21-5505 Sexual battery; aggravated sexual battery.
21-5506 Indecent liberties with a child; aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
21-5507 Unlawful voluntary sexual relations.
21-5508 Indecent solicitation of a child; aggravated indecent solicitation of a child.
21-5509 Electronic solicitation.
21-5510 Sexual exploitation of a child.
21-5512 Unlawful sexual relations.
21-5513 Lewd and lascivious behavior.
21-5514 Internet trading in child pornography; aggravated internet trading in child pornography.