Former law student obtains $6.45M judgment in revenge porn case

[DGUtley]

Good for her -- nobody is judgment proof.

A former law student in California has obtained a $6.45 million default judgment against a former boyfriend accused of posting her intimate photos after their breakup. The woman, identified as “Jane Doe” in the case, was awarded $3 million in compensatory damages, $3 million in punitive damages and $450,000 for copyright infringement, report Law360 and CNN. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez of Los Angeles entered the judgment on April 4 when he signed a proposed default judgment against the defendant, David K. Elam II, according to K&L Gates. Its lawyers represented Doe for free.

Elam had posted sexually explicit photographs and videos of Doe on the internet, and sent links to the material to her mother and a law school classmate, according to the default judgment. Elam impersonated Doe on dating and porn websites, resulting in unwanted texts from strange men who believed Doe to be interested “in indiscriminate sexual relations,” the document said. Elam continued his conduct after Doe obtained a restraining order requiring him to remove the material from the internet and to stop impersonating Doe, the judgment said. Besides awarding damages, Gutierrez also required Elam to destroy the photos and videos. Doe had initially sent the sexually explicit materials to Elam at his request after he moved to Virginia and she remained in California. She later registered the material with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to obtain the copyrights.


Former law student obtains $6.45M judgment in revenge porn case

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/b...?smid=pl-share

[Common]

I dont know what posess' people to open up the doors to their personal lives and hearts on social media so millions of people that dont give a $#@! about them or their lives can be entertained, same with youtube.

I think back when I was in my 20s, no cell phones, no personal computers, no copy machines, hand calculators were just created and were so slow they were worthless.

I honestly dont know how I survived and even managed to have any fun at all. I did oo silly archaic stuff like interact with people in person on a personal level and I did look into womens eyes when I talked to them instead of reading their print.

That was all during the neandrathal period

[MisterVeritis]

Good for her -- nobody is judgment proof.

A former law student in California has obtained a $6.45 million default judgment against a former boyfriend accused of posting her intimate photos after their breakup. The woman, identified as “Jane Doe” in the case, was awarded $3 million in compensatory damages, $3 million in punitive damages and $450,000 for copyright infringement, report Law360 and CNN. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez of Los Angeles entered the judgment on April 4 when he signed a proposed default judgment against the defendant, David K. Elam II, according to K&L Gates. Its lawyers represented Doe for free.

Elam had posted sexually explicit photographs and videos of Doe on the internet, and sent links to the material to her mother and a law school classmate, according to the default judgment. Elam impersonated Doe on dating and porn websites, resulting in unwanted texts from strange men who believed Doe to be interested “in indiscriminate sexual relations,” the document said. Elam continued his conduct after Doe obtained a restraining order requiring him to remove the material from the internet and to stop impersonating Doe, the judgment said. Besides awarding damages, Gutierrez also required Elam to destroy the photos and videos. Doe had initially sent the sexually explicit materials to Elam at his request after he moved to Virginia and she remained in California. She later registered the material with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to obtain the copyrights.


Former law student obtains $6.45M judgment in revenge porn case

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/b...?smid=pl-share

One can win a judgment but never collect.

[stjames1_53]

I dont know what posess' people to open up the doors to their personal lives and hearts on social media so millions of people that dont give a $#@! about them or their lives can be entertained, same with youtube.

I think back when I was in my 20s, no cell phones, no personal computers, no copy machines, hand calculators were just created and were so slow they were worthless.

I honestly dont know how I survived and even managed to have any fun at all. I did oo silly archaic stuff like interact with people in person on a personal level and I did look into womens eyes when I talked to them instead of reading their print.

That was all during the neandrathal period

one son is single. He complains all the time about not meeting women. I asked him where he met women. His reply, "The internet!"
He doesn't understand that meeting anyone is a face to face thing. Meh........internet.
You can get acquainted on the 'net, but meeting someone is a lot different.

[stjames1_53]

One can win a judgment but never collect.

the term I use occasionally is "judgment proof"..........

[DGUtley]

One can win a judgment but never collect.

the term I use occasionally is "judgment proof"..........

Nobody is judgment proof with the lottery.

[stjames1_53]

Nobody is judgment proof with the lottery.

what are the chances? lottery? he has to win it yet......until then........he's judgment proof.

[DGUtley]

what are the chances? lottery? he has to win it yet......until then........he's judgment proof.

So true.... I don't know what he does but you can take 25% of the amount over the federal minimum wage from his wages. You can clean out a bank account and attach any assets he has. If they are relentless. . . . . .

[Peter1469]

The young man should go join the French Foreign Legion and escape his past. Assuming he survives boot.