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Police: Man arrested under ‘revenge porn’ law for sending nude photos of ex

PITTSBURGH —

Moon Township police tell Channel 11 News they have arrested a suspect under the “revenge porn” law.

According to police, 32-year-old Jeremy Sherbondy allegedly sent nude photos of himself and his ex-girlfriend to his ex’s new boyfriend.

“He started sending the new boyfriend explicit pictures via text message of him and her together,” said Moon Township police Capt. Greg Seamon.

Police say that’s a crime under a new law that prosecutes anyone who posts nude photos online or sends text messages with the intent to harass.

Police say this is the first such application of the new law in Moon Township.

“With advances of text messaging, social media, things like that — the law is adapting ,” Seamon said.

Investigators said Sherbondy and the woman ended their eight-year relationship a few weeks ago.

Investigators said Sherbondy was charged earlier this week with stalking, trespassing and harassment.

Police say Sherbondy put an app on the woman’s phone that enabled him to find and confront her at a Robinson Township furniture store.

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Revenge porn: Law needs to catch up to technology, legislator says

Revenge porn: Law needs to catch up to technology, legislator says
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When it comes to “revenge porn,” the law needs to catch up to technology, a state legislator says. A recent Minnesota Court of Appeals ruling, dismissing a criminal case, said existing laws don’t address the emerging cybercrime. So Minnesota Rep.
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First Conviction Since Revenge Porn Law Passed In Colorado

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first person convicted under Colorado’s new revenge porn law was sentenced

The revenge porn law targets those who post intimate videos and/or images of former romantic partners with the intention to harass them.

Michael Clasen was sentenced to three years probation on Friday. He had been facing up to 90 days in jail.

Clasen, 25 years old, was charged with six counts, including felony stalking and criminal mischief.

It is the misdemeanor charge that’s receiving focus, the ‘revenge porn’ law, that Clasen reportedly violated the very day the law went into effect.

Based on court records, Clasen slashed the tires of his 19-year old ex girlfriend and her mother. Subsequently he reportedly set spike strips in their driveway. He then posted private images of his ex-girlfriend online.

For more information on Colorado’s ‘revenge porn’ law, read more here:

http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2014a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/B8622059E18D26C687257C9A005794F0?open&file=1378_enr.pdf

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Illinois Passes Revenge Porn Law With Teeth: ‘Other States Should Copy’

Sixteen states have now made it a felony to publish so-called revenge porn — sexual images or video of someone without his or her consent. But Monday, [state] what many say is the country’s strongest anti-revenge-porn legislation yet. The law would take effect June 1.

New York lawyer Carrie Goldberg, who advocates for victims whose privacy has been invaded by technology, spoke with International Business Times Tuesday about what might surprise people about revenge-porn laws, why the Illinois law is a step forward, and what needs to be done to end what she says is a violation of the disproportionately female victims’ civil rights.

“I’m very pleased with the legislation,” Goldberg said. “It was a hard-earned battle that was in legislation for a long time. It’s a testament to [state] Rep. [a Highwood Democrat] [a Highwood Democrat] who was a real champion.”

What the new law does

The Illinois discounts motive for posting intimate images of someone without his or her consent. Revenge porn is classically thought of as something vengeful exes do to humiliate and punish their ex-partners after a breakup, but the Illinois law gives priority to the harm done to victims. It also makes it a crime to disseminate someone’s intimate selfie without his or her consent. An earlier [state], which has since been amended, was criticized by victims’ advocates for applying only to images taken by someone other than the victim. The images that would fall under the [state] also don’t have to be nudes — they can be images of sexual activity that don’t necessarily require the exposure of intimate parts, for example images of the victim performing a sex act.

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Woman’s ex headed for trial under new Wisconsin revenge porn law

In what has become an increasingly common phenomenon, a Milwaukee woman had to face having nude and seminude photos of her posted on the Internet in April as collateral damage of a messy breakup.

Her ex, Keslin Jean Jacques, told her there was nothing she could do to stop him, according to a criminal complaint, because Gov. Scott Walker had not yet signed into law a bill aimed at outlawing the practice.

Apparently he hadn’t been keeping up with the news.

Walker had signed the bill 12 days earlier, and Jean Jacques, 31, of Milwaukee, became one of the first people charged under the new law on April 22.

The offense — posting or publishing a sexually explicit image without consent — is a misdemeanor punishable by up to nine months in jail and $10,000 fine.

Jean Jacques’ case is scheduled for trial Wednesday.

It was initially set for August, but a committee was still working on the standard jury instructions for the new charge.

Revenge porn involves the publication of intimate photos that were once shared willingly, often with identifying information, even an email address or phone number of the subject, almost always a female.

The first inclination of many victims and their lawyers is to try to get Internet service providers or social media sites to take down the images, or to hold them liable, but the federal Communications Decency Act largely provides immunity to platforms for what their users do.

The practice has been charged as cyberstalking or harassment in some states.

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