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newtobigd78
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newtobigd78 asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 1 decade ago

If someone keeps emailing nude photos of you from 10 years ago, can that be considered sexual harassment?

Let's say you posed to Playboy or Playgirl (or whatever) 10 years ago, you are done with it, it's part of your past, yet someone keeps harassing you by sending those old photos to you and your friends, can you sue for sexual harassment?

Update:

Thanks for the great answers. The sending of the photos has a VERY clear malicious intent. It's meant to intimidate and hurt everyone involved.

Also, let's say that the photos were private and never published in a magazine, making me the copyright holder. Do I have a better case for copyright infringement than for harassment?

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  • Beardog
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Yes.

  • STEVEN F
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    First, if you posed for a magazine, the magazine owns the photos. I say this only because it means you can't control the use of the photos.

    Sending the photos to you and your friends could be considered sexual harassment. There is actually not a precise definition of sexual harassment. It basically comes down to what you can convince the court is sexual harassment.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I am sure you can "sue for sexual harassment", if you can find a lawyer to take the case. However, whether or not you will prevail in such a suit would be a good question for your lawyer.

  • rickinnocal
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    No, but if the pictures were taken for a magazine then that magazine now owns the copyright, and the person sending them to you is commtting breach of copyright.

    Richard

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  • fredo
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Sexual harassment arises in a workplace. Simple harassment is between two people. So you could possibly sue for harassment, sure...but I'd just delete the emails and shrug it off. You made your naked bed, lie in it.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    No. To give: Flowers To Receive: Chocolate

  • jmel20
    1 decade ago

    Yes.

  • t. B
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    They are passing around pictures that YOU allowed to be made public.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Nope.

  • itsa_me
    1 decade ago

    there is bound to be some sort of legal implication here. talk to a solicitor.

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