Revenge porn conviction ... a man has been jailed for posting a topless image of his ex-girlfriend online. File picture: Thinkstock Source: ThinkStock
HE TROLLED his ex-girlfriend on social media, posting a topless image of her and calling for her to be fired from her job.
In a campaign of hatred lasting several months, Noe Iniguez used an alias to post derogatory comments on her employer’s Facebook page, labelling her a “drunk” and a “slut”.
Now, the 36-year-old’s campaign of hatred has caught up with him — he has been jailed for one year in what is the first conviction under California’s new “revenge porn” law.
Campaign of terror ... the man posted derogatory comments about his ex-girlfriend on Facebook. Picture: File Source:News Limited
After a seven-day trial, a jury found the Los Angeles man guilty of violating restraining orders as well as the state’s “revenge porn” statute, which prohibits someone from posting nude photographs online for the purpose of causing emotional harm, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The victim — who had been in a four-year relationship with Iniguez — had previously been granted a restraining order against him after she received several harassing text messages.
But in March 2014, in what became the final straw, he posted a topless photograph of his victim on her employer’s Facebook page.
Malicious behaviour ... the victim was subjected to harassing text messages before the man posted a nude image of her on Facebook. Source: News Limited
Judge David Fields sentenced Iniguez to one year in prison and 36 months of probation, the LA Times reports.
He has also been ordered to attend domestic violence counselling and stay away from his former girlfriend.
LA City Attorney Mike Feuer said the conviction sent “a strong message that this type of malicious behaviour will not be tolerated”.
“California’s new revenge porn law gives prosecutors a valuable tool to protect victims whose lives and reputations have been up-ended by a person they once trusted,” he said.
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