573.575.  Sadistic online exploitation, offense of — violation, penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of sadistic online exploitation if he or she:

  (1)  Uses the internet to manipulate, intimidate, hurt, scare, control, or threaten a victim to undergo suffering through forcing their submission, use of violence, self-harm, or destruction for sadistic or sinister purposes;

  (2)  Coerces a victim into performing self-harm, animal harm, harming another person, sharing personal^* information, or suicidal actions or ideations;

  (3)  Uses nonphysical forms of coercion, manipulation, shame or fear to extort another person into providing sexually explicit content then using such content to further extort, threaten, or control the victim; or

  (4)  Uses intimate depictions as devices to threaten or coerce a victim by demanding any kind of financial gain.

  2.  The offense of sadistic online exploitation shall be a class E felony.