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Posting a nude image of an ex on social media (revenge porn) can take a more serious step if the image is of someone under the age of 18. That is the situation one 18-year-old is currently facing. He had dated a girl when they were both minors and she had sent him naked photos. After breaking up and refusing to speak to him, he posted some of the pictures on Snapchat. Now he is not only facing Revenge Porn charges – Posting a Private Image for Harassment as it is known in Denver, Jefferson, and Adams County, but also charges for Sexual Exploitation of a Child, or child pornography.

Douglas County Revenge Porn Attorney: What is Posting a Private Image for Harassment in Arapahoe County?

The Douglas County, Colorado law definition of Posting a Private Image for Harassment – C.R.S. 18-7-107 – is:

An actor who is eighteen years of age or older commits the offense of posting a private image for harassment if he or she posts or distributes through the use of social media or any website any photograph, video, or other image displaying the private intimate parts of an identified or identifiable person eighteen years of age or older:

(I) With the intent to harass the depicted person and inflict serious emotional distress upon the depicted person;

(II) (A) Without the depicted person's consent; or

(B) When the actor knew or should have known that the depicted person had a reasonable expectation that the image would remain private; and

(III) The conduct results in serious emotional distress of the depicted person.

As a class 1 misdemeanor, Revenge Porn is punishable by 6 to 18 months in the Arapahoe County Jail.

Adams County Child Pornography Lawyer: Sexual Exploitation of a Child in Denver

According to C.R.S. 18-6-403 – Sexual Exploitation of a Child – causing a child to be used for child pornography, publishing child porn, possessing child pornography or distributing child porn will land you with Sexual Exploitation of a Child charges in Adams and Denver County. There are felony classes associated with the different elements of the crime, but the teen above would likely be facing a class 3 felony charge for distributing child pornography. A class 3 felony is punishable by 4 to 12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

If you or a loved one has been charged with Posting a Private Image for Harassment or Child Pornography, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O'Malley Law Office at 303-830-0880 today. Together, we can protect your future.