Impersonating Somebody Online

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Quoting eerelations

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Research lawyers but don't contact any unless you are actually charged with something. If you are charged with something, then contact the lawyer you've chosen.

Also, do not contact her or respond to her in any way.

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And do not try and talk yourself out of trouble with the police. Do not talk to the police at all.

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Quoting Sylent09

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She was not a minor,

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That's a big relief for you...

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Quoting Sylent09

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I did not in any way threaten to release the pictures nor did I download myself.

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Did you threaten in any way to get the pictures? I don't see a girl sending pictures of them self to a random guy on the internet for know good reason at all. Explain how you got her to send the pictures. Did you impersonate a talent or modeling agency?

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Quoting Sylent09

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She found out though I was a fake and states she is going to the police.

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Explain who you were impersonation. It helps us understand what if any crime was committed.

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Quoting Sylent09

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As I did not impersonate a police officer, or promise anything in return for the pictures and she sent them willingly will I be safe or should I start looking into legal help right away?

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She sent them willingly? I thought you said you did something stupid to catfish her into sending the pictures? So, did she send them free and willingly, or did you (in your own words) catfish her?

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Quoting Who'sThatGuy

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I don't see a girl sending pictures of them self to a random guy on the internet for know good reason at all.

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you must be a lot older than me. There are kids doing stupid stuff like that every day. Hell, there’s an app (and a very popular one mind you) designed to connect people with complete strangers for random sexual encounters. It’s not what the app advertises itself as but the people using it know what it’s for.

Damn, I just realized how low our society has sunk.

Well I got a hold of a lawyer who told me he finds it extremely unlikely I need a lawyer at all. He said he really doubts she'd go to the cops is because all she can say is she chose to take the picture, and she chose to send it to a stranger not knowing for sure who it even was and figures most police wouldn't pursue that further as nothing was offered in exchange and no threats were given in any way.

Does that possibly sound right?

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Quoting Sylent09

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Well I got a hold of a lawyer who told me he finds it extremely unlikely I need a lawyer at all. He said he really doubts she'd go to the cops is because all she can say is she chose to take the picture, and she chose to send it to a stranger not knowing for sure who it even was and figures most police wouldn't pursue that further as nothing was offered in exchange and no threats were given in any way.

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If she figures out that it's you, all bets are off. It's not only that she could go to the police -- she could potentially seek a restraining order against you. She could also embarrass you with the truth -- what will your family, peers and potentially your employers do if they learned about your conduct?

It was a bad idea.

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Quoting jk

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you must be a lot older than me. There are kids doing stupid stuff like that every day. Hell, there’s an app (and a very popular one mind you) designed to connect people with complete strangers for random sexual encounters. It’s not what the app advertises itself as but the people using it know what it’s for.

Damn, I just realized how low our society has sunk.

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I guess... I was looking at it at a different point of view.

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Quoting Sylent09

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Well I got a hold of a lawyer who told me he finds it extremely unlikely I need a lawyer at all. He said he really doubts she'd go to the cops is because all she can say is she chose to take the picture, and she chose to send it to a stranger not knowing for sure who it even was and figures most police wouldn't pursue that further as nothing was offered in exchange and no threats were given in any way.

Does that possibly sound right?

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It all depends on facts that you are not sharing with us. You asked a lawyer, he gave you an answer. If you shared the facts with that lawyer, then it looks like he would be correct and you need no further comment from us.