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Dr. Shariff and Christopher Dietzel Interviewed by CBC about Manitoba Sexual Extortion Case
Published: 17 September 2018
Dr. Shaheen Shariff was interviewed by about a sexual extortion聽case involving a 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman in Manitoba. The man was recently charged with extortion, voyeurism and indecent phone calls after he allegedly sent a series of threatening texts to the woman he met from a Tinder date.聽
In the article, Dr. Shariff discusses how sexual violence is under reported and the harmful nature of online sexual violence. Christopher Dietzel, a PhD student and research assistant on the IMPACTS Project, gave a live radio-interview聽with聽聽to further discuss the case and the issues associated with online dating, sexual consent, and reporting sexual violence.聽
