{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-14-113","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-113","heading":"Sexual extortion","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of sexual extortion if: (1) With the purpose to coerce another person to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct, the person communicates a threat to: (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity; (2) With the purpose to produce or distribute a recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaged in sexually explicit conduct, the person communicates a threat to: (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity; (3) The person knowingly causes another person to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct or to produce or distribute a recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaged in sexually explicit conduct by communicating a threat to: (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity; or (4) The person knowingly demands payment of money or receipt of anything of value by communicating a threat to distribute a recording of a person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity. (b) Sexual extortion is a Class B felony. Amended by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 32, eff. 1/1/2024. Added by Act 2017, No. 664,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.\n\n(a) A person commits the offense of sexual extortion if: (1) With the purpose to coerce another person to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct, the person communicates a threat to: (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity; (2) With the purpose to produce or distribute a recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaged in sexually explicit conduct, the person communicates a threat to: (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity; (3) The person knowingly causes another person to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct or to produce or distribute a recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaged in sexually explicit conduct by communicating a threat to: (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity; or (4) The person knowingly demands payment of money or receipt of anything of value by communicating a threat to distribute a recording of a person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity.\n\n(1) With the purpose to coerce another person to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct, the person communicates a threat to: (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity;\n\n(A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or\n\n(B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity;\nA) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity;\n\n(A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or\n\n(B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity;\n\n(2) With the purpose to produce or distribute a recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaged in sexually explicit conduct, the person communicates a threat to: (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity;\n\n(A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or\n\n(B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity;\n\n(3) The person knowingly causes another person to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct or to produce or distribute a recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaged in sexually explicit conduct by communicating a threat to: (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity; or\n\n(A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or\n\n(B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity; or\n\n(4) The person knowingly demands payment of money or receipt of anything of value by communicating a threat to distribute a recording of a person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity.\n\n(b) Sexual extortion is a Class B felony.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 14","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"c74a893a96ade074c8d3251b6754c48b6a7d7daebfa34538084897d080f4e814","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-14-112","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-14-122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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