Revenge Porn: Court Orders Billions For Victim!

People falling in love and parting ways is common these days and this is the case with many nations. While some people leave their partners alone after parting ways, few others show stars to their ex-partners by harassing them. Sometimes, the harassment goes too far.

A shocking incident of harassment came to light where a person subjected his ex-partner to revenge porn and shared intimate pictures online. Without her contest, the accused shared the woman's pictures who got to know about this later. After knowing this, she moved the court.

Going into details, the shocking incident was reported from the United States. A man and a woman fell in love and entered into a live-in relationship. Eventually, they broke up in 2021. After their separation, the man started harassing her by sharing her intimate pictures on social media.

It is said that the man took the pictures of the woman from the CCTVs that are installed in her house. By taking the pictures by logging into the account, the man gathered the pictures and videos and shared them online.

The pictures he shared reportedly pushed her into trauma. With this, she moved the court and the issue went to the notice of a Texas jury as a Civil petition was filed. The Jury gave a verdict in favor of the woman and directed the man to pay a sum of her $1.2bn in damages.

Talking about the laws in Texas, sharing intimate pictures of people without their consent is a big crime and attracts jail term along with fines. Revenge Porn is a heinous crime in many nations.