Skip to main content Skip to office menu Skip to footer
Capital IconMinnesota Legislature
Minnesota House of Representatives

RELEASE: Rep. Lesch statement following Court of Appeals ruling on state ‘revenge porn’ statute

Monday, December 23, 2019

SAINT PAUL – Today, the Minnesota Court of Appeals struck down the state’s law prohibiting nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images (“revenge porn”) as unconstitutionally overbroad.



Rep. John Lesch (DFL – Saint Paul), chief author of the bipartisan legislation which created the law in 2016, and chair of the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Division, issued the following statement:



“It is my hope that Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom and Attorney General Keith Ellison will quickly appeal this decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Today’s ruling runs contrary to several court cases around the nation which have upheld laws against revenge porn on constitutional grounds, with the most recent coming before the Illinois Supreme Court. Advocates who have worked across the country to end this reprehensible behavior and I are confident our Supreme Court would correctly decide this case and thereby vindicate the rights of thousands of victims whose reputations and lives are digitally exploited.”


Recent Caucus Releases:

Search for News Releases


Tagged Stories