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Civil Litigation,
Criminal

Apr. 10, 2018

US judge orders $6.5M payment for revenge porn

A federal judge ordered o a Los Angeles man to pay millions of dollars for distributing sexual images and video of an ex-girlfriend on the Internet, marking one of the largest judgments in a revenge porn matter.

US judge orders $6.5M payment for revenge porn
Judge Philip S. Gutierrez, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, in his Los Angeles court.

LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge ordered a Los Angeles man to pay millions of dollars for distributing sexual images and video of an ex-girlfriend on the Internet, marking one of the largest judgments in a revenge porn matter.

U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez awarded a default judgment of $6.45 million in favor of a Jane Doe plaintiff. Damages cover the plaintiff's claims of copyright infringement, online impersonation with int...

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