Man avoids jail over Vic Grindr blackmail

By Jacqueline Le
Updated March 22 2019 - 1:33pm, first published 1:27pm
Timothy Ruge has been sentenced for blackmailing a user of gay networking app Grindr.
Timothy Ruge has been sentenced for blackmailing a user of gay networking app Grindr.

Threatening to reveal the online gay persona of a man to his fiancee has nearly cost Melbourne blackmailer Timothy Ruge a stint in jail.

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