People v. Arnold CA2/6

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Arnold and H.P. were in a dating relationship. Before they started dating, Arnold saw her for chiropractic treatment. Their relationship ended in April 2019. Arnold did not want the relationship to end. He wrote letters and sent text messages and e-mails to H.P. begging her to stay. In November 2019, H.P. found an envelope on her car which contained nude photographs of her. Arnold was the only person who had access to those photographs. H.P. later received an e-mail from Arnold that indicated he had filed a complaint with the Board of Chiropractic Examiners about treatment he received when he was her patient. The chiropractic board found H.P. violated some rules when she treated Arnold, his ex-wife, and daughter. Between November and December 2019, H.P. received several text messages from a number she did not recognize. The messages contained explicit language and pictures, threatening to turn her nude photographs into sexual advertisements listing her name and contact information, and posting them at various areas around town including her children’s school. H.P. found a sexual advertisement flyer depicting her on the bathroom doors at her place of…