My 15-Year-Old Was Blackmailed by an Online Sexual Predator
WARNING: Contains sexually explicit language.
“Mom, mom. Mom, I need help. I did something really stupid.”
He was shaking and pacing around my bed in a terrible panic.
I glanced at my phone. It was 2:32 a.m.
It was my 15-year-old. He is the last of six boys, the child with whom I’ve had more difficulties than his five older siblings put together.
“Mom, I need $100 right now. Mom! She’s counting down! Oh my god, Mom!”
He threw my iPad down on my bed and started rapid-fire typing.
“Wait. I’m sending you the money. Where do I send it?” He typed into the message field, looking at me wild and wide-eyed.
I could see a countdown on the screen.
10
9
8
7 . . .
She stopped.
He was on Instagram having an instant message conversation with a female he had been talking to for a couple of months. She was demanding that he send $100 immediately, or she would send a picture of him to all the mutual friends they had on their friend list, his school website, his basketball team, and his baseball team.
