Lesbian YouTube Star Wins ‘Revenge Porn’ Case Against Ex-Boyfriend, Proposes her Girlfriend Outside the Court
Chambers celebrated winning the case by proposing to her present partner Ms Kam on the steps of the famous London Court Building. They posted messages to her thousands of followers announcing their victory.
Chrissy Chambers from Los Angeles who runs a successful blog and YouTube channel with her girlfriend Bria Kam has won a huge compensation after her ex-boyfriend put revenge pornography of her online. She celebrated winning the case by proposing her present partner Ms Kam on the steps of the famous London Court Building. The couple posted messages on social media forum to her thousands of followers about their victory.
They run a popular YouTube channel which has nearly 760,000 subscribers in which they describe themselves as ‘Singing duo, lesbian couple, make status that inspire and promote equality’. They have been involved in their pursuit of justice until the court finally announced Chamber's ex-partner guilty on January 17, 2018.
The YouTuber was shocked after she discovered her former partner posted six explicit videos of their sexual activity on a pornographic website. It was the year 2013 when she noticed about the films, nearly a year later after receiving messages from many who wrongly believed that she was involved in adult movies. Chrissy 's lawyers revealed that their client had since suffered serious emotional and psychological difficulties which resulted for a time. She had been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and had to undergo a specialised trauma therapy.
Chambers launched a crowd-funded campaign to bring the case against her ex-boyfriend and awareness about the issue of revenge porn. The 26-year old won a landmark case for the breach of confidence, misuse of private information and harassment at London’s High Court against her former flame. And she won compensation in the first civil case of its kind in England and Wales.
Chrissy who proposed her gay partner Bria Kam seem much-relieved post the judgement. The couple is all set to plan their wedding.
There are shocking statistics reflecting the murky act of revenge porn. From nearly 10 million Americans to one in five Australians being victims of revenge porn, it has been around us as long as the internet came into the action. The disturbing consequences of revenge porn have led the government and social media fight against it around the globe.
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