State Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff) came under criticism for retweeting a video clip that contained a few blurred-out photos of Hunter Biden engaging in sexual acts. The video accompanied a tweet stating that there are 459 crimes related to the Biden family.
Tom Ryan, a progressive Arizona attorney, told Arizona’s Family that Rogers violated Arizona’s revenge porn law. However, the law requires intentionality. State Senate President Warren Petersen (R-Mesa) released a statement to Arizona’s Family calling Roger’s retweet a mistake. “[Rogers] didn’t realize those images were in that video until it was brought to her attention, and she immediately removed the video from her feed,” Petersen said.
A.R.S. 13-1425 states that releasing a nude photo of someone or a photo of them engaged in a sex act publicly without their permission requires intentionality. Since Rogers was unaware the clip contained the photos, and deleted them immediately after she discovered it, a prosecutor would be unlikely to bring charges due to the difficulty of proving that element.
In April 2021, Fox News showed a clip containing a blurred-out photo of Hunter engaging in a sex act with two women. There has been no report of a lawsuit or prosecution.
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