The criminal offense of sextortion is a form of blackmail or extortion and is committed when a person threatens to publish private nude, pornographic, or explicit photos, videos, or images of another person’s body or sexual activity unless the person provides something of value—such as money, sexual activity, more sexual images, or the performance of sexual acts (often online using webcams).

Sextortion laws vary from state to state and are sometimes part of a state’s laws regarding revenge pornography, blackmail, extortion, bribery, or cyberstalking and are prosecuted under those or other criminal offenses rather than as a specific offense called sextortion. These laws are generally located in a state’s statutes—often in the penal or criminal code—and are sometimes titled with descriptive names such as The Unlawful Disclosure or Promotion of Intimate Visual Material.

In Oklahoma, sextortion is not recognized as a distinct criminal offense under a specific statute titled 'sextortion.' However, individuals who engage in sextortion can be prosecuted under various existing laws that criminalize similar conduct. Oklahoma statutes encompass laws against blackmail, extortion, and the unlawful dissemination of private sexual images, which is often referred to as 'revenge porn.' Under Oklahoma law, blackmail (21 Okl. St. § 1488) involves the threat to expose information about someone which would affect their reputation with the intent to extort or coerce. Extortion (21 Okl. St. § 1451) is the obtaining of property from another induced by wrongful use of force or fear. The state also has a law against the nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images (21 Okl. St. § 1040.13a), which makes it illegal to distribute images of a person engaged in a sexual act or depicted in a sexually explicit manner without their consent. Violations of these laws can result in serious criminal penalties, including fines and imprisonment. An attorney can provide specific guidance on how these laws may apply in a case of sextortion.