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‘It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time’: Revenge Porn In Illinois – A Crime With Myriad Civil Components

Nation-wide vilification of revenge porn (“RP”) – the unconsented on-line dissemination of sexual photos or images of others (almost always females) – reached an ironic crescendo on Good Friday of 2015 when a California judge  sentenced Kevin Bollaert, 28, proprietor of the UGotPosted.com and ChangeMyReputation.com Websites, to an 18-year prison term after a jury convicted him of identity …

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Attorney’s Intrusion on Seclusion and Cyberstalking Claims Against ‘Above the Law’ Blog Dismissed – IL ND

In Huon v. Breaking Media, LLC, 2014 WL 6845866 (N.D.Ill. 2014), an Illinois attorney sued law blog Above the Law (ATL) and womens’-interest blog Jezebel.com, for reporting on the plaintiff’s arrest and subsequent trial on sexual assault and witness intimidation charges. The plaintiff was criminally charged after he met a woman responding to a Craigslist ad where the plaintiff claimed he …

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