Cornell student and son of a Texas state senator was arrested last month for threatening to release revenge porn of his ex-girlfriend, a charge aided in part by a law his father voted for in 2015. Industrial and Labor Relations senior Matthew Schwertner ’24 has been charged with harassment and threatening to publish intimate visual material over text messages he sent between Jan. 11 and Jan. 14 near Austin. Schwertner’s father, Charles Schwertner, has been a Republican state senator representing District 5 in Texas since 2013. In 2015, he voted in favor of a bill to make revenge porn a serious offense, known as Senate Bill 1135. He denied the allegation and an investigator determined evidence “did not support a finding” that he violated Title IX.

Source: Daily Sun February 28, 2024 14:05 UTC