If someone owes me money for serviced rendered and I imply in writing that this fact may be exposed to their clients/business associates, can they charge me with extortion?
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If someone owes me money for serviced rendered and I imply in writing that this fact may be exposed to their clients/business associates, can they charge me with extortion?
Asked on December 31, 2011 under Criminal Law, California
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Extortion is a crime of threatening someone with a particular negative consequence if that person does not do a certain thing for that person. What you have written about in your question does not amount to conduct that may lead to a viable extortive charge against you.
From my read of your question it is based that others besides the main person who owes you money may be liable for the liable for the same amount supposedly owed to you.
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