Posting a Private Image for Harassment, or Revenge Porn, is charged in Greeley and Weld County when a person makes a private image or video available online to harass another person without the shown person’s consent. A man is facing this charge after posting a sex tape of his ex-girlfriend on Snapchat. According to the report, the man was angry at his ex because he said she wasn’t taking care of his dogs while he was away. In what gives this crime its name, the man did it out of spite to get back at her for letting him down. While he deleted the posts quickly, he was still identified and admitted to posting them.
Weld County Posting a Private Image Lawyer: Definition of Revenge Porn
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Posting a Private Image for Harassment – C.R.S. 18-7-107 – is:
(I) With the intent to harass, intimidate, or coerce the depicted person;
(II) (A) Without the depicted person’s consent; or
(B) When the actor knew or should have known that the depicted person had a reasonable expectation that the image would remain private; and
(III) The conduct results in serious emotional distress of the depicted person.
The man posted the sexually explicit videos on Snapchat (a social media app), without his ex’s consent causing her distress.
Sentence for Domestic Violence Revenge Porn in Erie and Evans
In Greeley, Erie, and Evans, Posting a Private Image for Harassment is a class 1 misdemeanor. This level misdemeanor is punishable by 6 to 18 months in the Weld County Jail. It’s likely that this crime would be a Domestic Violence crime, as the two had been in an intimate relationship.