KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been arrested on charges that he attempted to extort a woman by posing as a University of Tennessee football player on Snapchat.
Brandon Douglas Shanahan, a 22-year-old from Sweetwater, pleaded not guilty Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis Inman and was released on bond.
The U.S. attorney's office issued a news release saying Shanahan was arrested Tuesday and charged with intending to extort money "and other things of value" from a woman "through a Snapchat communication which threatened to injure her reputation."
According to the release, Shanahan used the name "Camsutton2323" on Snapchat and the woman believed she was speaking with cornerback Cameron Sutton.