Sec. 135.60  Coercion in the third degree.
  A  person  is  guilty  of coercion in the third degree when he or she
compels or induces a person to engage in conduct which the latter has  a
legal  right to abstain from engaging in, or to abstain from engaging in
conduct in which he or she has a legal right to engage,  or  compels  or
induces  a  person  to join a group, organization or criminal enterprise
which such latter person has a right to abstain from joining,  by  means
of  instilling  in him or her a fear that, if the demand is not complied
with, the actor or another will:
    1.  Cause physical injury to a person; or
    2.  Cause damage to property; or
    3.  Engage in other conduct constituting a crime; or
    4.   Accuse  some person of a crime or cause criminal charges
to be instituted against him or her; or
    5.   Expose  a  secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether
true or false, tending to subject some person to hatred, contempt
or ridicule; or
    6.   Cause  a strike, boycott or other collective labor group
action injurious to some person's business; except  that  such  a
threat  shall  not  be  deemed  coercive when the act or omission
compelled is for the benefit of the group in whose  interest  the
actor purports to act; or
    7.   Testify  or provide information or withhold testimony or
information with respect to another's legal claim or defense; or
  8. Use or abuse his or her position as a public servant by  performing
some  act within or related to his or her official duties, or by failing
or refusing to perform an official duty, in such  manner  as  to  affect
some person adversely; or
  9.  Perform any other act which would not in itself materially benefit
the actor but which is calculated to harm another person materially with
respect to  his  or  her  health,  safety,  business,  calling,  career,
financial condition, reputation or personal relationships.

    Coercion in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
(As amended by L.2018 c.55 effective 11/1/18)