18th January 2018
YouTube star wins damages in landmark UK “revenge porn” case (theguardian.com).
Chrissy Chambers, 26, celebrated her landmark victory on the steps of the High Court by proposing to her partner—who immediately said yes and called Chambers “the bravest, most incredible human being that I’ve ever met”.
And congrats for that.
In the first civil case of its kind to be brought in England and Wales, Chambers sued her former partner for harassment, breach of confidence and misuse of private information, after learning that the Crown Prosecution Service would not bring criminal charges against him.
Being a former boyfriend who before Chambers, who was 18 at the time, came out as gay uploaded seven videos taking without her knowledge of them having sex to “more than 35 different porn sites and seen hundreds of thousands of times”.
Chambers, who is American, is one of the most popular lesbian content creators on YouTube, along with her now fiancé, Bria Kam. The channels they run together have a million subscribers, and their comedy sketches, songs and vlogs have been viewed hundreds of millions of times.
And can now post her own DMCA takedown requests, assuming she’ll continue to pay for legal council to enforce such:
Chambers’ victory in the civil courts marks the end of a four-year legal battle. As well as damages, Chambers has won copyright of the videos, so she can pursue any websites that host them, and received an apology from her ex-boyfriend.
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