Can Minors Be Charged for Sexting in Illinois? Combs Waterkotte attorneys Christopher Combs and Joshua Boardman discuss everything you need to know about Illinois sex crime charges, including sexual assault, sexual abuse, rape, and more.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: Can minors be charged for sexting in Illinois?
Joshua Boardman: Yes, so there’s going to be several caveats with minors conversing with other minors. Once again, there are going to be prohibitions on what we would call revenge porn or the dissemination of sexual content or pictures or videos or things like that without the consent of that other person. So there’s special criminal statutes pertaining to juvenile behaviors.
