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(44,397 posts)Victims included teachers, wives and professionals. The compromising photos cost people jobs, damaged relationships and led to one attempted suicide.
Unlike other "revenge porn" sites, Bollaert prompted users to also share personal identifying information about the subject in the photo, including name, age and address, according to KFMB-TV.
During the trial, 21 victims testified that they were embarrassed and humiliated when their private nude photos and personal identifying information turned up on a now-defunct website, the station reported.
"My life has gone through a down-spiral," one of Bollaert's victims told Judge David Gill, KFMB-TV reported. The woman said her mother refuses to talk to her because of the shame she brought on her family.
One woman said she received 400 messages on social media after the pictures were shown, the Times reported. She said she was forced to quit college and seek help in a mental hospital. "It's been so traumatic," she said. "It's a daily struggle to get my life together."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/04/revenge-porn-sentenced-18-years/25286583/