Elgin man accused of printing sexual image of woman on T-shirt without her consent, sharing on Snapchat

An arrest warrant has been issued for an Elgin man accused of sharing a sexual image of a woman without her consent by printing the photo on a T-shirt and sharing it on social media.

Michael D. Whitsey Jr., 28, has been charged with four counts of nonconsensual dissemination of a private sexual image, a Class 4 felony, court records show.

According to the criminal complaint filed Wednesday in McHenry County court, Whitsey commissioned a custom apparel shop called The Plug, located in Morton Grove, to produce the white T-shirt with a “private sexual image” in which the woman’s breast was exposed.

A video of another woman wearing the shirt “with her back to the camera twerking,” was later shared on Whitsey’s Snapchat account, according to the criminal complaint. The court documents also allege that Whitsey committed one count of the illegal dissemination of a sexual image when he emailed the photo to the screen-printing store. A person reached by phone at The Plug declined to comment.

According to the complaint, Whitsey knew or should have known that the woman in the photo did not consent to the photo being shared.

The case was brought by Marengo authorities, and the arrest warrant was issued by McHenry County Judge Kevin Costello on Wednesday, according to court documents. It is unclear why the case is filed in McHenry County.