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Revenge Porn Victim Sought $100M, Got $1.2B

Jury rules for Texas woman whose ex posted intimate pics of her in 'painful' harassment campaign

(Newser) - A Texas jury has awarded $1.2 billion to a woman who said she was a revenge porn victim at the hands of a former beau. The woman's complaint , filed in April of last year in Harris County, accused ex-boyfriend Marquez Jackson of posting "visual intimate material" of...

Lawmaker Who Had Nude Pics Stolen Intros 'Revenge Porn' Law

Fla. state Sen. Lauren Book wants legislation to prevent others from being victimized

(Newser) - Florida State Sen. Lauren Book often has told the story about how she was sexually abused by her nanny for six years when she was a child, per the AP . She channeled the pain into a lifetime of helping other abuse survivors. Now, after years of working hard to heal...

Maryland Mayor Arrested Over Revenge Porn Scandal

Andrew Bradshaw hit with 50 counts of distribution

(Newser) - Andrew Bradshaw went from being the youngest mayor in the history of the city of Cambridge, Md., when he was elected in January ... to being charged with 50 counts of distributing revenge porn. Bradshaw, 32, is accused of posting naked images of the victim on Reddit under multiple accounts he...

Katie Hill Loses Legal Fight Over Nude Images

Judge tosses ex-congresswoman's suit against the 'Daily Mail,' but she vows to fight on

(Newser) - Former Congresswoman Katie Hill has lost a legal battle with the Daily Mail over the publication of nude photos that derailed her political career . A judge in Los Angeles dismissed Hill's suit against the British tabloid, ruling that the publication was within its rights to print the images, reports...

Katie Hill Sues Ex, Media Over 'Nonconsensual Porn'

Former California congresswoman says publication of nude photos ruined her political career

(Newser) - Just two weeks ago, Katie Hill took out a temporary restraining order against her ex-husband. The next move for the former California congresswoman is a lawsuit against him and two media outlets for the publication of "nonconsensual porn" she says tanked her political career. Per NBC News , Hill, 33,...

Credit Card Companies Jump Ship After Pornhub Exposé

Mastercard won't do business with the porn site

(Newser) - Startling allegations involving revenge porn and child abuse have companies reassessing their relationship with Pornhub, and at least one big credit card company is officially cutting ties. Per the BBC , Mastercard will block use of its cards on the Canada-based pornography site, saying in a statement, "Our investigation over...

Teen Candidate Is Out of Race After Admitting Revenge Porn

Aaron Coleman, 19, says he will withdraw

(Newser) - One of the teenagers running for office in Kansas is exiting the race amid a scandal. Aaron Coleman, 19, had previously admitted to abusing girls online, including via online bullying, blackmail, and revenge porn, the AP reports. He initially insisted he had changed, the Wyandotte Daily reports; he was 14...

Katie Hill Resigns Amid Allegations, 'Revenge Porn'

Democrat says she's stepping down 'with a broken heart'

(Newser) - Rep. Katie Hill announced her resignation from Congress on Sunday—"with a broken heart." "This is the hardest thing I have ever had to do," the freshman Democrat said in a letter to her constituents in California. The resignation came after allegations that she had an...

Woman's Ex, His Girlfriend Ordered to Pay Her $3.2M

Elizabeth Clark alleged libel, revenge porn, and alienation-of-affection

(Newser) - As far as marriage implosions go, Elizabeth Clark described a pretty horrific one—and she's now walking away with $3.2 million for her troubles. The Fayetteville, NC, woman was on Monday awarded that amount by a jury, to be paid by her ex-husband and his new partner, in...

Woman Sues Her Special Forces Ex Over Alleged Revenge Porn

North Carolina enacted revenge porn law in 2015

(Newser) - A North Carolina woman says her ex-husband, a Special Forces major at Fort Bragg, posted "revenge porn" photos of her online because he was angry about paying child support. Elizabeth Ann Clark's civil lawsuit against Adam Matthew Clark appears to be the first of its kind in Cumberland...

Revenge-Porn Guy Hit With Huge Payment

California man Andre Pompey is told to fork up

(Newser) - Time to pay, Andre: California man Andre Pompey was ordered this week to pay his revenge-porn victim $5.15 million and fork out an additional $150,000 as punishment, USA Today reports. "She wanted to stand up for herself," says Katrina Saleen, attorney of the 35-year-old woman who...

He Got a Text and She Read It. Now She's Suing Him

Woman sues Delta Sigma Phi and members, including her ex, over sharing of sex tapes

(Newser) - One of "many" women to have her sexual photos and videos shared among members of the University of Central Florida's Delta Sigma Phi fraternity in a private Facebook group called the "Dog Pound" is fighting back, says lawyer Michael Avenatti. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, Kathryn Novak...

Governor Quits in Scandal, Signs 'Revenge Porn' Law

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens was accused of taking nonconsensual photo of a woman

(Newser) - Just hours before he left office Friday, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens signed scores of new laws, including a measure that makes it a crime to try to threaten a person using a private sexual image—the same allegation that led to his downfall, reports the AP . In the flurry of...

Revenge Porn Law Ruled Unconstitutional

Meanwhile, the first lawsuit has been filed under New York's similar law

(Newser) - A Texas appeals court says a state law that punishes those who post intimate images from previous or current relationships online without consent is unconstitutional. Per the AP , the 12th Court of Appeals in Tyler ruled Wednesday that the revenge porn law violates the US Constitution by restricting expression...

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Woman Wins Huge Payout From Ex Over Revenge Porn

$6.45M is second-largest payout for non-celebrity victim, lawyers say

(Newser) - A California woman who had to copyright photos of her naked body in order to have them removed from various websites has been awarded what her lawyers are calling the second-largest payout for a non-celebrity victim of revenge porn. The woman identified as Jane Doe, represented by the Cyber Civil...

New Photos Appear in Military's Ongoing Revenge Porn Scandal

Dropbox folder contains 267 photos of topless, nude female service members

(Newser) - "One year later and not much has changed," CBS News quotes former Marine Erin Kirk Cuomo as saying. Cuomo, who founded #NotInMyMarines, after the Marines United photo-sharing scandal broke last year alerted Facebook this week to yet another group sharing explicit photos of female service members without their...

Facebook Sex Video Triggers Child Porn Charges for 1,004

Sex between 15-year-olds is legal, but sharing video of it is considered distributing child porn

(Newser) - The two videos tallied up to 59 seconds and could "ruin my life," says one 19-year-old. She doesn't appear in the footage, but was one of 1,004 people—996 of them between the ages of 15 and 24—notified Monday that they face preliminary charges for...

Rep. Barton Threatened to Call Police on Former Lover

He says he may be victim of 'revenge porn'

(Newser) - Rep. Joe Barton threatened to call the police on a former lover who contacted other women he was in relationships with and sent them explicit materials he had shared with her, according to a recording provided to the Washington Post . In the 2015 phone call, the Texas Republican tells the...

Facebook to Users: Send Us Your Nudes

Goal is to prevent revenge porn before it happens

(Newser) - Hoping to keep nude photos of yourself off of social media? Upload them to Facebook. While it might seem counterproductive, that's what the social media site is instructing users to do in Australia, where it's testing new "photo-matching technologies." The idea is that once Facebook has...

Blac Chyna Opens Up About Attraction, Betrayal

She sits for interview with 'Good Morning America'

(Newser) - After Rob Kardashian attacked Blac Chyna on Instagram on Wednesday, sharing naked photos of her and accusing her of cheating on him, she threw back claims of domestic abuse on Snapchat. Now she's discussing the situation in a less digital environment. In a Good Morning America interview Monday, she...

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