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Ohio blogger found guilty of harassment for sending Shrek nude to senator

Global Published 10 October 2026, 00:41 · archived 9 Oct 2026

A jury found an Ohio political blogger guilty of telecommunications harassment after he sent an explicit image of Shrek to a Republican state senator. On Friday, a judge ordered DJ Byrnes, owner of political commentary blog The Rooster, to pay a $200 fine, according to a report from the Columbus Dispatch. Byrnes texted Ohio Sen. […]

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