If someone has intimate pictures of you and is threatening to release them publicly, is there any legal way to stop this?
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If someone has intimate pictures of you and is threatening to release them publicly, is there any legal way to stop this?
The person is not threatening to do this via the internet, but by printing them and personally putting them up at local businesses.
Asked on June 6, 2011 under Personal Injury, Georgia
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
You can inform the person threatening to release the pictures that if the pictures are released, you will file a lawsuit against the person for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress and will seek punitive damages
Invasion of privacy is a serious and unreasonable interference with your right to be left alone. This would be the first cause of action (claim) in your lawsuit. The second cause of action (claim) in your lawsuit would be intentional infliction of emotional distress. Intentional infliction of emotional distress is an extreme and outrageous act intended to cause and which does cause you emotional distress. Posting the pictures would constitute an extreme and outrageous act intended to cause and which does cause you emotional distress.
In your lawsuit, you would be seeking compensatory damages (monetary compensation) and punitive damages (a substantial monetary amount to punish the person for the malicious and intentional act of releasing/posting the photos.
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