Jilted Men Seek Revenge by Sex Tape

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 2, 2008 12:08 PM CDT
Jilted Men Seek Revenge by Sex Tape
Statutes will likely be enacted to prosecute men who post sexual photos or videos of their exes online.   (Shutterstock)

It's not only Britney Spears who needs to worry about her sex tapes going online, Details reports. Spurned loverboys outside Tinseltown are getting back at exes by posting so-called "revenge porn" on the Internet. And they are running afoul of the law. "These were just made-up crimes from Bible Belt tight-asses," said one who was arrested for handing out a private sex video. "It was just a practical joke."

No laws yet exist to prosecute revenge porn, so courts are relying on charges like distribution of obscene material and defamation. But there is another defense: "Never, ever create sexual photos, videos, emails, text messages, or anything else," one privacy advocate said. "You have to think of revenge porn almost like an STD: something that can only happen because of mixing sex with irresponsibility." (More sex tape stories.)

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