Teen Reportedly Paid Hackers To Prevent Nude Photo Leak Hours Before Dying By Suicide
perezhilton.com[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] A teenager in Michigan is dead, and while the manner is suicide, the cause is far more complex. Jordan John DeMay was a 17-year-old high school student in Marquette, Michigan when he died by suicide earlier this month.
In their investigation cops quickly discovered an alleged blackmail incident over a nude photo that had been sent via a phony Twitter account. Related: Stanford Responds To Claims Of Disciplinary Action Against Soccer Star Prior To Her Suicide The trouble began when DeMay was tricked into sending a nude pic by an anonymous person posing as an attractive young woman on the social media app, police say.
First, the woman sent him a nude photo supposedly of herself, and when DeMay apparently responded with his own, the conversation quickly turned.
Investigators say the blackmailers began demanding extortion money to prevent them from sending the photo out to the teenager’s family and friends across other social media channels.
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