KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- 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 Tennessee cornerback Cameron Sutton.