Record compensation for ‘revenge porn’
USA talks to the woman it sued for revenge pornography. In court records in Texas, her name is just the initials DL. In 2022 she filed a lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend with a claim of harassment.
According to the Turkish BBC news, the lawsuit application recorded that the woman’s private photos were posted online by her boyfriend after they broke up, causing her to be humiliated in front of everyone.
Lawyers for the woman said the record amount of compensation ordered was “a win for all victims of sexual harassment through the dissemination of their images.”
“The decision on compensation was the return of DL,” said Bradford Gilde, the lawyer representing the woman in the case.
“The enormous amount ruled by this decision sends a deterrent message and will deter anyone considering engaging in such activities,” said attorney Gilde.
REGULATION ON “REVENGE PORN”
Their lawyers also pointed out that since the police and the prosecutor’s office did not intervene in the harassment complaints, the complaint was filed in the first instance civil court, not as a criminal case, but as a personal case.
In fact, every state in the US, with the exception of Massachusetts and South Carolina, has regulations on revenge pornography. A law passed in 2015 in the state of Texas, where this incident occurred, regulates the crime of revenge pornography, and if convicted in criminal court, the perpetrators of the crime are sentenced to up to one year in prison and a fine. . However, it is unknown to what extent the law has been implemented.
According to documents filed with the court, the relationship between the woman and her ex-boyfriend began in 2016.
YOUR EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS ON THE FIELD
The woman shared private photos with the defendant during this relationship. The defendant is accused of sharing these photos on social media platforms and pornographic sites without her consent, following her separation in 2021.
It is alleged that the defendant also sent the links to a publicly accessible Dropbox archive containing these photos to the woman’s friends and family.
Among the allegations is that her ex-boyfriend also had access to the woman’s phone, social media accounts and email, as well as the camera system at her mother’s house and was monitoring her.
Abogados, the defendant’s wife in this process, “You will spend the rest of your life cleaning yourself from the internet. Everyone you meet will hear them and watch them. She also said that she sent a message saying “Good hunting” and pointed out that the defendant uploaded those photos to the internet with the aim of psychologically harassing the woman, exposing her to violence and sexual harassment.
According to the news in the US media, the defendant did not go to court, did not respond to notifications and did not hire a lawyer.
The jury sentenced the man to pay 200 million dollars for the psychological damage he had caused and will cause to the woman in the past and in the future, and 1,000 million dollars to set a precedent.
When a jury decides on compensation in a personal case, it is up to the plaintiff to follow through if compensation is not paid. In this case, the plaintiff can file a new lawsuit and the court can decide to confiscate the defendant’s assets. The plaintiff can also request an enforcement company to collect compensation.
In 2016, 10 million Americans reported being exposed to “revenge porn.” Most were women between the ages of 18 and 29, according to a report by the Institute for Data and Society Research, which conducted social data studies that year.