A CULROSS man who twice assaulted his ex and sent an intimate photo of her to her new partner has been ordered to pay £600 in compensation. John Prosser, 30, of Erskine Brae, threw a shoe at her which hit a blind which then broke and hit her, and on another occasion he pushed her and hit his ex when she went to pick up her belongings. Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard the accused and the complainer, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been together for around four years prior to the abuse. Prosser admitted that on July 18, 2021 at Nith Street, Dunfermline, he assaulted his partner by throwing a shoe at her, striking a blind whereby said blind was disabled and struck her on the body to her injury. On September 11, 2017, at the same address, he assaulted her by striking her on the body…
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A jilted businessman struck his married ex-lover with a car — then launched a revenge-porn attack against her for good measure, a Queens lawsuit charges. The woman, referred to as “F.V.” in court papers, claims that her former lover and boss, the owner of Tesco Fire Services in Woodhaven, went off the rails when he found out she was back with her husband. The suit refers to the Tesco owner only as “T.S.,” but he is identified as Terry Seecharan in corresponding charges filed in Queens criminal court. The woman and Seecharan “engaged in a short-lived intimate relationship” while she was separated from her husband in 2016, and she was made CEO of the company around the same time, her lawsuit alleges. But F.V. quickly discovered that Seecharan was possessive and controlling, prompting her to end things in July 2017, the suit claims. Seecharan “was unable to live with…
Children under the age of 16 are among several reported victims of “revenge porn” in Dundee. A total of 23 people have reported the non-consensual sharing of intimate images or threats to do so since new legislation – which means anyone convicted of sharing intimate images without consent could face up to five years in prison – came into force. Of the 23 reports, four involved children aged under 16. A further three reports involved young people aged between 16-19. While the age of consent is 16, pornographic images of anyone under the age of 18 are illegal under UK law. Laurie Matthew, manager at confidential children’s support service Eighteen and Under, said revenge porn was one of the “fastest growing” issues for young people in Dundee. She said: “We believe very few people actually report it because of the intimidation that comes with it. “That’s enough for young…
A Mobile man is being charged under Alabama’s new revenge porn law after he allegedly posted naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend on social media. Bryndon Bess, 21, is accused of posting the pictures on social media app Snapchat and refused to stop until the victim spoke to him, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Department. The new law, formally known as Distributing Private Images, went into effect one year ago and carries up to a year in jail. Source link
Bill Moak, Consumer Watch Published 7:00 a.m. CT June 30, 2021 CLOSE Facebook is testing out a new program to combat revenge porn, but there’s a catch. USA TODAY REVENGE PORN(Photo: WUSA) Last year, a court in Washington state awarded $8.9 million to a woman whose former online romantic partner allegedly began harassing her after their relationship ended. Courtney Allen and her husband sued Arizona resident Todd Zonis after Allen broke off the online dalliance. The Allens accused Zonis of posting intimate photos and videos, sending them to friends and family and initiating a campaign of harassment. After a jury sided with the Allens and awarded the record-setting verdict, Zonis denied the charges and appealed. The jury award was the largest to date involving what’s been called “revenge porn” or nonconsensual pornography, the act of sending photos, videos and intimate information out over the internet after a relationship…
Victims of revenge porn are being asked to share their stories with North Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, as part of a campaign to close a ‘legal loophole’ in order to help protect their identities. Julia Mulligan has today launched an anonymous survey to gather evidence and bolster her efforts to see Image Based Sexual Abuse, or ‘Revenge Porn’, reclassified from a communications offence to a sexual offence. One in three allegations since 2015 are believed to have been withdrawn, according to a Freedom of Information requests noted by the NYPCC. It is believed this is often due to the lack of anonymity under the current classification of victim’s identities, and the distress this causes. Mrs Mulligan said: “The law on revenge porn is fundamentally flawed. It needs to change and this survey will provide me with more evidence in my campaign to ensure the legal loophole is closed…
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - Lori Jones didn’t know her estranged husband had a private photo of her, until that photo showed up on an internet porn site. “When I went on that X-Hamster site, there was 20,544 people who had already viewed me,” she said. “I just sat there and cried. I didn’t know what to do.” Jones contacted the Winter Garden Police Department, which investigated the case. Investigators seized laptops and obtained IP addresses from internet providers. Eventually, Jones’ estranged husband was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of sexual cyber-harassment. “The betrayal of it, I didn’t leave the house for two months, I didn’t eat, I didn’t work,” said Jones. “It’s embarrassing, it’s degrading. It’s the most horrible situation that I have ever gone through in my life.” But,after less than 90 days, the State Attorney’s office closed the case, declining prosecution. Records obtained by 9 Investigates show there…
William Morris Whatley II (Source: Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office) TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, AL (WSFA) - An Alexander City man is behind bars after he was arrested in what police call a “revenge porn” case. Alexander City Police Department officers arrested William Morris Whatley II, 30, June 12. Alex City Police Chief Jay Turner said this all stemmed from a domestic violence situation. Police reports show the victim filed a petition for a Protection from Abuse order on May 30 against Whatley, her ex-boyfriend. Subsequently Whatley was charged with third-degree domestic violence charges. Court documents indicate the victim was meeting with an officer about the domestic violence case when she received a message from a friend showing a sexually explicit video. That’s when the victim was advised to see another officer and file an additional report for a “Revenge Porn” charge. The victim and Whatley went before a judge related to the protection from…
MERRIMACK – A Manchester man wanted for allegedly posting “private sexual images” of an acquaintance on the internet turned himself in to Merrimack police. Officials said Wednesday that Aaron Mattil, 29, of Six Mulsey St., was charged with one count of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, a Class B felony. He was booked at police headquarters and later released on $2,500 personal recognizance bail pending arraignment, which police said is scheduled for July 5 in Hillsborough County Superior Court-South in Nashua. Police said they issued the warrant for Mattil’s arrest earlier this month, shortly after the alleged victim filed a complaint. “It is alleged that Mattil disseminated private sexual images of an acquaintance … without their consent,” police said. They said Mattil allegedly posted them via text message. According to their archives, Merrimack police arrested Mattil on April 23, charging him with two counts of violation of a…
Photo: Getty The New York state Senate failed to vote on a revenge porn bill on Wednesday, and those advocating for the legislation blame Google and a tech lobbyist group for pressuring lawmakers to abandon it in the final hour. The bill, if passed, would have criminalized the non-consensual distribution of intimate photos in the state, which is one of the last remaining holdout states to make revenge porn illegal. “In New York state we have laws that protect financial information, medical information, corporate secrets,” victims’ rights attorney Carrie Goldberg told Gizmodo in an email. “Hell, it’s technically illegal to record at a Beyoncé concert and post that to the Internet, but yet there is no protection when it comes to sexual privacy.” On Tuesday, the New York Assembly unanimously approved the bill. Wednesday was the last day for the Senate to vote before the end of the legislative…