ROCK HILL, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed a new law that increases penalties for trying to extort somebody over their intimate photos or data.
McMaster was in Rock Hill Friday to sign the new bill into law.
It moved through the legislature thanks to the help of state Rep. Brandon Guffey, whose son died by suicide after someone pretended to be a girl online and tried to extort money from him.
“With the sextortion law if you come after a child, or an at-risk adult you’ll be looking at 20 years and if great bodily harm occurs you’ll be looking at another 20 years,” Guffey told Channel 9′s Tina Terry on Friday.
>>In this video at the top of the page, see the additional impacts of the bill, and how it aims to protect kids in the future.
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