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Ohio blogger found guilty over Shrek image sent to senator
DJ Byrnes, who runs a blog called The Rooster, was fined $200 after sending an explicit Shrek image to a Republican state senator via text.
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“The fine is cheaper than a phone case. The senator's phone is now evidence, and it will never be clean.”
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