: the sending of sexually explicit messages or images by cell phone
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But by letting our attention be drawn toward talent agent Casey Wasserman’s sexting with Maxwell, say, or by Atty.
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Amy Wallace, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
Posts on the Punta Gorda Police Department Facebook page show Griffith teaching students about topics including bullying, sexting and internet safety, WPBF 25 News reported.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 27 Dec. 2025
Sylvie and her hot young fling have escalated to sleepovers and sexting.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Keith Olbermann is opening up about the latest allegations against his ex, political journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi made headlines last year for leaving New York magazine after news broke about her alleged sexting affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 18 Nov. 2025
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Amy Wallace, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
Posts on the Punta Gorda Police Department Facebook page show Griffith teaching students about topics including bullying, sexting and internet safety, WPBF 25 News reported.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 27 Dec. 2025
Sylvie and her hot young fling have escalated to sleepovers and sexting.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Keith Olbermann is opening up about the latest allegations against his ex, political journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi made headlines last year for leaving New York magazine after news broke about her alleged sexting affair with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 18 Nov. 2025
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“Sexting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sexting. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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