{"id":8408,"date":"2026-01-19T14:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=8408"},"modified":"2026-01-19T14:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:02:11","slug":"shantazh-olena-topolia-intymni-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/main-news\/shantazh-olena-topolia-intymni-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Olena Topolya was blackmailed with intimate videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Blackmail scandal: singer Olena Topolya was extorted $75 thousand for not sharing intimate videos<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"522\">Singer <strong data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"340\">Olena Topolya<\/strong> blackmailed and extorted <strong data-start=\"365\" data-end=\"385\">75 thousand dollars<\/strong> for not distributing intimate videos. Threats began to arrive <strong data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"459\">10 January<\/strong> from a man with whom the artist had previously had a romantic relationship.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"710\">According to law enforcement, the offender stated that he would publish private recordings of the singer, taking advantage of the fact that she was a public figure and was officially married at the time.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"738\">Law enforcement response<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"920\">Kyiv police detained <strong data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"786\">a 23-year-old man<\/strong>, who has been notified of suspicion. He faces <strong data-start=\"833\" data-end=\"865\">up to 12 years' imprisonment<\/strong> for blackmail and illegal dissemination of private materials.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"922\" data-end=\"1009\">At the same time, despite the actions of law enforcement, some of the video <strong data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"1008\">was nevertheless published online<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1033\">The singer's message<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1177\"><strong data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1050\">Olena Topolya<\/strong> publicly addressed her audience with a call to <strong data-start=\"1102\" data-end=\"1139\">not to distribute illegal materials<\/strong> and not to become accomplices in a crime.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1281\">The artist emphasised that the distribution of such videos is a violation of the law and harms the victim of the crime.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1295\">Context.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1296\" data-end=\"1488\">Experts remind that blackmail and distribution of intimate materials without a person's consent is a serious criminal offence. Even viewing and further distribution of such videos may have legal consequences.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0421\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430\u043b \u0456\u0437 \u0448\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043c: \u0441\u043f\u0456\u0432\u0430\u0447\u043a\u0443 \u041e\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0443 \u0422\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044e \u0432\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0433\u0430\u043b\u0438 $75 \u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f\u0447 \u0437\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0437\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0441\u044e\u0434\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0456\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043c\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0435\u043e \u0421\u043f\u0456\u0432\u0430\u0447\u043a\u0443 \u041e\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0443 \u0422\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044e \u0448\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0436\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u0432\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0433\u0430\u043b\u0438 75 \u0442\u0438\u0441\u044f\u0447 \u0434\u043e\u043b\u0430\u0440\u0456\u0432 \u0437\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0437\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0441\u044e\u0434\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0456\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043c\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0435\u043e. \u041f\u043e\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0447\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0434\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u0438 10 \u0441\u0456\u0447\u043d\u044f \u0432\u0456\u0434 \u0447\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0456\u043a\u0430, \u0437 \u044f\u043a\u0438\u043c \u0430\u0440\u0442\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043a\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0448\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0440\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0456 \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0441\u0443\u043d\u043a\u0438. \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u043e\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0446\u0456\u0432, \u0437\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043c\u0438\u0441\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u043e\u043f\u0440\u0438\u043b\u044e\u0434\u043d\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u0430\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u0443\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0456 \u0441\u043f\u0456\u0432\u0430\u0447\u043a\u0438, \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0443\u044e\u0447\u0438\u0441\u044c \u0442\u0438\u043c, \u0449\u043e [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":8409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"%title% | News","rank_math_description":"\u041e\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0443 \u0422\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044e \u0448\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0436\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u0432\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0433\u0430\u043b\u0438 $75 \u0442\u0438\u0441. \u0437\u0430 \u043d\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0437\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0441\u044e\u0434\u0436\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0456\u043d\u0442\u0438\u043c\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0435\u043e. \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0456\u0446\u0456\u044f \u041a\u0438\u0454\u0432\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u043e\u0437\u0440\u044e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0422\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043b\u044e","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805616],"tags":[806796],"class_list":{"0":"post-8408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main-news","8":"tag-806796"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8408"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8410,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8408\/revisions\/8410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}