Civil Recovery After Intimate Videos Were Posted Without Consent

The Situation

After a breakup, a former boyfriend posted the client's intimate videos online without her consent through the website Is Anyone Up? The publication exposed the client to serious privacy, dignity, and reputational harm.

The Legal Challenge and Strategy

The firm pursued civil accountability against the former boyfriend for distributing the intimate material without permission. The broader website operation later became the subject of criminal prosecution and the Netflix documentary The Most Hated Man on the Internet.

The Result

The client successfully pursued a civil claim against the former boyfriend. Also, they took down the revenge porn website, Is Anyone Up?

Why It Matters

The case demonstrates that intimate images created within a relationship are not permission for later public distribution. Civil litigation provided a path to hold the person who shared them accountable.

Practice area(s): Civil Litigation, Internet, Personal Injury

Court: Marion County

Mark Nicholson

Why is Indiana criminal defense and personal injury attorney Mark Nicholson called the Battery Man? Because his first criminal jury trial was a battery case. The case was called the Big Buford Battery case. They charged his client with throwing a big Buford sandwich at the manager through the drive-thru window. Then, his client went through the drive-thru window and allegedly battered the manager. It was all captured on video. The verdict: Not Guilty! His first personal injury case was a car accident. He views car accidents as a form of battery. One car hitting (battering) another, although generally unintentional.

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