Theft by Threatening; Defined; Defense

(a)A person is guilty of theft if he intentionally obtains property of another by threatening to:

(1)inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any other criminal offense;

(2)accuse anyone of a criminal offense; COL9/7/2021 CH. 43 THEFT AND RELATED OFFENSES

(3)expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to impair his credit or business repute;

(4)take or withhold action as an official, or cause an official to take or withhold action;

(5)bring about or continue a strike, boycott or other collective unofficial action, if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the defendant purports to act;

(6)testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or

(7)do any other act which would not substantially benefit the defendant but which is calculated to harm another person.

(b)It is an affirmative defense to prosecution for extortion by threats to charge any person with a crime that the defendant honestly believed the threatened charge to be true and that the property obtained was honestly claimed as restitution or indemnification for harm done in the circumstances to which such charge addressed.