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(164,153 posts) Sat Apr 4, 2015, 06:01 AM Apr 2015

California man gets 18 years for US 'revenge porn' site [View all]

Source: Agence France-Presse

California man gets 18 years for US 'revenge porn' site
Los Angeles, Apr 4, 2015 (AFP)

A California man who posted thousands of sexually explicit photos of men and women on a "revenge porn" website was jailed for 18 years in what was described as the first case of its kind in US criminal history.

San Diego man Kevin Bollaert, 28, was convicted in February of running a website that hosted more than 10,000 explicit photographs.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris said it marked the first criminal prosecution of a cyber-exploitation website operator in the United States.

Bollaert's website -- ugotposted.com -- was launched in December 2012, enabling photographs to be posted without the subject's permission.

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California man gets 18 years for US 'revenge porn' site [View all] Judi Lynn Apr 2015 OP

At first thought, this seems rather harsh for posting porn. After I read how he charged people... BlueJazz Apr 2015 #1

There's another business that works on this model Man from Pickens Apr 2015 #55

It's not "just" porn dolphinsandtuna Apr 2015 #60

"unwilling people" Yep, that's the truly evil part. Also..I often wonder about these people doing.. BlueJazz Apr 2015 #62

Iagree ^^.. he looks creepy and sadistic to me, too. secondwind Apr 2015 #2

I agree... Helen Borg Apr 2015 #4

Separated at birth? Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #5

Yikes! Matching sociopaths. Good catch. n/t Judi Lynn Apr 2015 #6

Just jumped out at me, 'cause I've been following the Germanwings disaster so closely. Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #7

Sorry but... MattSh Apr 2015 #8

Yes, people with narcissistic personality disorders may Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #11

um, that is psychoanalysis AngryAmish Apr 2015 #18

Yes, from the Freudian school... Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #21

freud was full of shit. mopinko Apr 2015 #30

I spoke of the Freudian 'school'? Not of the man himself. Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #31

and it is full of shit. mopinko Apr 2015 #32

My dear mopinko, I don't know what your personal Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #33

It is still horse shit. n/t ronnie624 Apr 2015 #36

Horse shit it may be, IYHO, but still a respected Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #39

Yes, FarrenH Apr 2015 #67

In the US, freudian psychoanalysis is almost nonexistent in academic psychology programs. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #68

Maybe art, rather than science PADemD Apr 2015 #24

It's trash, not art and definitely not science wheniwasincongress Apr 2015 #63

Absolutely not like astrology. PADemD Apr 2015 #64

To the girlfriends that dumped those guys IronLionZion Apr 2015 #10

They got out with their lives, at least... Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #12

Wow, that is eerie! RKP5637 Apr 2015 #27

0-7 to LEAVE IT foo_bar Apr 2015 #28

Hey, foo_bar, thanks for clueing me in. Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #29

You'd be surprised about some of the stuff that gets flagged here. Hoppy Apr 2015 #35

Come to think of it, I've adjudged some pretty daft Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #38

Where it gets funny, I have posted sexual stuff and Christian hypocracy stuff and it gets flagged. Hoppy Apr 2015 #41

Oh, don't cha' know? If Carlin said it, it MUST be OK/funny. Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #44

Juror #7 is very confused. n/t ronnie624 Apr 2015 #40

Not even close to confused etherealtruth Apr 2015 #46

The alert was not against the OP. ronnie624 Apr 2015 #48

Oh , hahahaha .... I thought you were referring to the "frivolous alert comment" etherealtruth Apr 2015 #49

The alert was definitely frivolous. n/t ronnie624 Apr 2015 #54

Posting on an Internet forum as bad as revenge porn? Oneironaut Apr 2015 #45

One IS led to wonder! Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #47

That's the first picture I've seen of the co-pilot. ronnie624 Apr 2015 #42

The jury's still out on that one, on 'Hell' I mean. Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #51

I'm not sure what you mean. ronnie624 Apr 2015 #53

I was just making a 'funny' about the kerfuffle Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #56

He was blackmailing people, basically. Helen Borg Apr 2015 #3

Yup, they convicted him for that and identity theft though the reporter for the article is an idiot cstanleytech Apr 2015 #23

is 18 years a typical sentence for blackmail schemes? foo_bar Apr 2015 #57

Damn, it looks like they threw the book at him IronLionZion Apr 2015 #9

SHEAR STUPIDITY! cynzke Apr 2015 #13

Good...nobody should be able to profit from pipoman Apr 2015 #14

What a creep mikeargo Apr 2015 #15

GOOD! No excuse for this behavior. nt 7962 Apr 2015 #16

Good sentence George Beerlover Apr 2015 #17

California passed a law against yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #20

This law hasn't been tested jberryhill Apr 2015 #26

It will be interesting to see if they can enforce a law against someone posting a video cstanleytech Apr 2015 #65

The California law is about harassment, and not the images themselves, which is why it will stand Xithras Apr 2015 #77

Problem is though you have to prove that intent. cstanleytech Apr 2015 #80

Extortion is illegal. eggplant Apr 2015 #52

+1. nt bemildred Apr 2015 #19

18 years sounds about right. marble falls Apr 2015 #22

80 might have been better Demeter Apr 2015 #25

Good. n/t. progressoid Apr 2015 #34

Amazing! Turbineguy Apr 2015 #37

Good night. Throw away the key. Oneironaut Apr 2015 #43

That's quite an attention-getting sentence. Stop this stuff now. Auggie Apr 2015 #50

Well deserved nt shebolleth Apr 2015 #58

I'm sure he'll get off on appeal. After all, it only affected women, and in the US, women don't valerief Apr 2015 #59

You only get 20 years for murder. Larry Engels Apr 2015 #61

Maybe, maybe not. If he had been a banker or really really rich he would have probably cstanleytech Apr 2015 #66

That's it, isn't it. Larry Engels Apr 2015 #69

For one count of murder, possibly. Orsino Apr 2015 #71

The 6 month sentences didn't have to run consecutively. Larry Engels Apr 2015 #72

Are you advocating for a single six-month sentence... Orsino Apr 2015 #74

False dilemma. Larry Engels Apr 2015 #75

You said the sentence is excessive. How excessive? Orsino Apr 2015 #76

I don't know, exactly. Larry Engels Apr 2015 #78

Uh-huh. How much more egregious (or numerous) would the offenses in this case... Orsino Apr 2015 #79

What if there were 100+ murder victims...? LanternWaste Apr 2015 #81

That's worse than killing just one. Larry Engels Apr 2015 #82

He laughed all the way to the bank . . . markpkessinger Apr 2015 #70

"Aww, if ya didn't want to go to prison, ya shouldn't have hurt all those nice ladies." Zorra Apr 2015 #73