Actress Ashley Judd says she's pressing charges against her online harassers.

After tweeting about March Madness and her team the University of Kentucky, Judd got hit with a barrage of hateful and aggressive messages. Most of which are too ugly to repost here.

But she shot back on Twitter:

When when I express a stout opinion during

I am called a whore, c---, threatened with sexual violence. Not okay.

— ashley judd (@AshleyJudd)

When when I express a stout opinion during #MarchMadness I am called a whore, c---, threatened with sexual violence. Not okay.

— ashley judd (@AshleyJudd) March 15, 2015

She also told MSNBC that she plans to press charges against her harassers. 

Mary Anne Franks, professor of law at the University of Miami, explains what the legal options are when you're threatened online.