MARYSVILLE – A Marysville man has been arrested for investigation of extortion after reportedly threatening to share a sex video of a woman if she didn’t pay him $1,000 or continue to meet with him.
The suspect, 34, is accused of telling the woman he would send the video to her husband, her children’s school and her workplace. The woman took her concerns to Marysville police.
She told police that she met the suspect on Facebook two weeks ago because they had mutual friends, a police report says. The next day they met and had sex and later exchanged nude photos by text message.
On June 1, the man reportedly sent her messages saying he had video-recorded them and would share it with others if she didn’t pay him $1,000 or keep seeing him four times a week for two hours at a time.
When she told the suspect that she had told her husband, he reportedly told her it would cost her $2,000 for the video and pictures.
The woman set up a meeting place in Arlington to exchange the money. The man texted instructions, making it clear that he was watching from nearby. Police arrested him as he approached the woman.
