I have a lot of lawyers working at capacity on these projects.' 'It's becoming an epidemic,' D'Amico said. She and colleague Dave Bateman say they're flooded with cases. 'We have traditional laws that have been around for hundreds of years, and we're applying them to this new platform,' she explains.Īttorney Elisa D'Amico, who represents Rettelle, started a pro bono practice area on revenge porn at her firm K&L Gates. Saper says the laws are playing catch up. Seventeen states have enacted legislation that criminalizes revenge porn, although the laws vary in their definition of 'revenge' - some have a very broad definition, while others are more narrow. It's not always clear which laws are being broken, depending on how the images were obtained and where they were posted. Part of the obstacle is how revenge porn cases are prosecuted. so they're not going to make it a priority.' 'They've been trained to focus in most cases on cyberstalking cyberbullying - where there's some overt threat of bodily harm.' She says in revenge porn cases, victims feel ashamed, 'but there's no imminent threat to you. Jane's attorney, Daliah Saper, says it's difficult for law enforcement to understand the nature of revenge porn. They said, 'Next time don't be identifiable if you choose to do something like this,'' Jane said. 'They basically told me that there was nothing I could do. the most intimate moment of your life.'īoth women say law enforcement was initially unhelpful. 'You feel like a million people are watching. 'I describe it similar to maybe the feeling of getting raped - you feel like you're that exposed,' she said. She says one video has been viewed over a million times. Pictures and videos taken on her honeymoon were posted online by her ex-husband. In Chicago, a woman who asked to be called 'Jane' recounts her nightmare.

Situations like this happen more than you'd think. 'I would stay up almost all night, every night, just in a little cave, just searching more and finding more and more,' she recalls. Wonderful, and records of websites where her photos had appeared to verify Rettelle's story. Related: Erin Andrews awarded $55 million in suit over nude video that her stalker filmedĬNNMoney examined restraining orders, emails with the San Diego District Attorney, communications between Rettelle and Mr. Wonderful' paired her naked images with her full name and birthday along with phone numbers and addresses he believed were hers. Those images ended up on sites devoted to revenge porn. 'It didn't dawn on me that people did that,' Rettelle said. Wonderful had also planted cameras at her home. It turned out the pen-holder was one of many cameras that had been collecting her private moments.

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