Blackmail

[Vickyglitz]

I'm divorcing my abusive controlling husband. My sister had images of her and pornographic videos leaked online (her computer was hacked) and he knows about this but my parents don't. He is threatening to show everyone in my family the videos If I ever call the police on him.

My sister reported the leakage of the videos to the police but there's not much they can do. It wasn't revenge porn and a stranger did it.

However it is still a crime, and he's now threatening to tell people of these videos.

I am planning to take out a non molestation order but I'm not sure it will protect her as such. Is this something one can go to the police with? She's buried her head in the sand and thinks he won't do it bc he sent her a text saying he wouldn't, but I've recorded him saying he will to his family. He can't be trusted.

[ArtfulScreamer]

A non mol probably wouldn't offer your sister much protection in these circumstances and the police are also probably limited in what they can do if your husband has obtained these images from a public forum rather than them being personal images between your sister and husband. The best thing to do in my opinion would be to take his power away by telling your family of these images and his threat so that they know to delete anything they receive from him but I accept this is a decision for your sister to make. Don't not report your husbands abuse because of his threats though this is how bullies get away with being bullies and the police could always warn him off sharing anything if he's already under investigation for other things.