All posts tagged "extortion"
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Park Ranger Indicted for Assaulting Gay Men in Houston
Joey Lamar Ellis, a Houston park ranger, was indicted on December 3 by a federal grand jury for repeatedly abusing his authority by stopping, detaining,...
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Park Ranger Accused of Extorting Sex and Money from Gay Men
Houston prosecutors claim Joey Ellis threatened men with arrest unless they paid him or performed sexual acts on him.
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Man Arrested for Holding Trans Woman Hostage After Motel Tryst
Joshua Debarge Lucas was charged with kidnapping and extortion for holding a trans woman at gunpoint following a sexual encounter.
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Nigeria Won’t Guarantee Amnesty for Victims of Gay Dating App Scam
On Sunday, July 31, six men were arrested in Nigeria’s central state of Nasarawa after being caught extorting thousands of dollars from closeted gay men...
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Police Union Boss Pulls Gun On Grindr Date Who Stole His Wallet
A Miami police officer is under investigation for pulling a gun on a Grindr date who stole his wallet and tried to blackmail him.
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LGBTQ people in Afghanistan face violence, rape and extortion, say human rights watchdogs
A report released last week details the violence, sexual assaults, and threats facing LGBTQ individuals in Afghanistan.
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Woman posed as a man on Grindr as part of blackmail scheme
A woman used a "ghost account" on Grindr to pose as a man and solicit sexually explicit photos in order to blackmail the man she...
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Trans youth claims he was raped, then stripped, beaten and tortured by gang in Ukraine
Victim says he was stripped naked, handcuffed and beaten by a group after being lured through a dating app
