Nebraska Statutes 28-513. Theft by extortion
(1) A person commits theft if he or she obtains property, money, or other thing of value of another by threatening to:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 28-513
- Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
- Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
- Testify: Answer questions in court.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
(a) Inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any other criminal offense;
(b) Accuse anyone of a criminal offense;
(c) Expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to impair his or her credit or business repute;
(d) Take or withhold action as an official, or cause an official to take or withhold action;
(e) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other collective unofficial action, if the property, money, or other thing of value is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the actor purports to act;
(f) Testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another’s legal claim or defense; or
(g) Distribute or otherwise make public an image or video of a person’s intimate area or of a person engaged in sexually explicit conduct without that person’s consent.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution based on subdivision (1)(b), (1)(c), or (1)(d) of this section that the property, money, or other thing of value obtained by threat of accusation, exposure, lawsuit, or other invocation of official action was honestly claimed as restitution or indemnification for harm done in the circumstances to which such accusation, exposure, lawsuit, or other official action relates, or as compensation for property or lawful services.