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cstanleytech

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22. OF course they can, you can sue just about anyone for almost anything but

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #20)

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 08:01 PM

Feb 2015

winning such a lawsuit is a different issue altogether and in cases like this its hard to say since the people involved usually have given consent to be photographed and or videotaped and that places a huge hurdle for them to overcome in such a lawsuit.
Though it would be a different story if say the pics or videos were stolen or taken with say a hidden camera.

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Extortion was the first thing that came to me rpannier Feb 2015 #1

Oh yeah shenmue Feb 2015 #2

Yup his own business model is what sunk him. Now he might have been safe cstanleytech Feb 2015 #3

I wonder if this will be overturned on appeal for being "ex post facto". . . Journeyman Feb 2015 #4

He wasn't charged under the new law. jeff47 Feb 2015 #11

Good to know. . . Journeyman Feb 2015 #12

It's a shame that they're restricting Bollaert's freedom of speech like this. Orrex Feb 2015 #5

Also, now that I think of it Orrex Feb 2015 #6

They cant it wasnt a crime at the time. With the new they probably could but thats assuming the law cstanleytech Feb 2015 #8

Ah, thanks. Orrex Feb 2015 #9

Can individual 2naSalit Feb 2015 #7

They can try to sue but again it may or may not work. cstanleytech Feb 2015 #15

Given the tentative nature 2naSalit Feb 2015 #20

OF course they can, you can sue just about anyone for almost anything but cstanleytech Feb 2015 #22

It would not be ex post facto if he is charged with extortion. Hoppy Feb 2015 #10

Hope to see more of these scumbags taken down. progressoid Feb 2015 #13

It's sleazy as hell and revenge porn should be illegal (and I'm glad it's starting to be), but is MillennialDem Feb 2015 #14

No, just because the threat wasn't explicet, it doesn't mean it wasn't implicit. marble falls Feb 2015 #18

Fair enough. Thanks MillennialDem Feb 2015 #19

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, IronLionZion Feb 2015 #16

Great quote (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2015 #21

This was quick justice, this defendant was slime squared. marble falls Feb 2015 #17

"this defendant was slime squared." Oh I agree 100% there. nt cstanleytech Feb 2015 #23

For all the headlines, the revenge porn law was not a charge Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #24