CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 7-1:07
DISCLOSING A PRIVATE INTIMATE IMAGE OR INTIMATE DIGITAL DEPICTION FOR PECUNIARY GAIN
+ The elements of the crime of disclosing a private intimate image or
intimate digital depiction for pecuniary gain are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was eighteen years of age or older, and
[4. with the intent,
5. to obtain a pecuniary benefit from a person as a result of the
disclosure, threatened disclosure, or retraction of a private
intimate image or intimate digital depiction,]
[4. knew or reasonably should have known,
5. that a depicted individual had a reasonable expectation that a
private intimate image or intimate digital depiction would
remain private, and that disclosure would cause financial harm
to the depicted individual, and]
6. disclosed or threatened to disclose through electronic media or
a website,
7. the private intimate image or intimate digital depiction without
the depicted individual’s consent.
[8. and that the defendant’s conduct was not legally authorized by
the affirmative defense[s] in Instruction[s] ___.]
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
proven each of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find
the defendant guilty of disclosing a private intimate image or intimate
digital depiction for pecuniary gain.
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
failed to prove any one or more of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt,
you should find the defendant not guilty of disclosing a private intimate
image or intimate digital depiction for pecuniary gain.
History
COLJI-Crim. (2025), Colorado Supreme Court Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. The committee's page: "The 2025 edition was published online on February 25, 2026." © 2025 Supreme Court of Colorado for the State of Colorado.
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- crim-2026-02-25
- Content hash
8d1861481cc4b749b25712055f5bb1c4d3b2d300fc5f2efd949ebd7159af5db2
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