Although not all states yet have a law that makes revenge porn illegal, Pennsylvania is one state that does have a law that defines and criminalizes revenge porn. Since revenge porn gains momentum through viral sharing sometimes, Pennsylvania responded by specifying remedies and damages for revenge porn. Moreover, a revenge porn lawyer helps you to regain your sexual privacy, recover damages done, and receive legal justice.

What Is Illegal Under the Revenge Porn Law?

Act 115 of 2014 amends Pennsylvania law making “unlawful dissemination of intimate image,” or more commonly known as revenge porn, illegal. It specifically states that “a person commits the offense of unlawful dissemination of intimate image if, with intent to harass, annoy or alarm a current or former sexual or intimate partner, the person disseminates a visual depiction of the current or former sexual or intimate partner in a state of nudity or engaged in sexual conduct.”

What Do I Do About Revenge Pictures?

This means that you can take legal action if an individual:

• Posted these images online without your consent
• Shared these images on social media without your consent
• Shared these images via email or text message without your consent

Under the revenge porn law, an attorney can help you:

• Understand your rights and options for legal recourse
• Remove the images from the internet
• Take legal action against the perpetrator
• Recover damages

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What damages am I entitled to under the revenge porn law?

The revenge porn law in Pennsylvania allows you to recover any actual damages you sustained. This includes loss of money, reputation, and property. Furthermore, in some cases, the court sometimes awards damages that include your attorney’s fees and court costs as well as any other relief it deems necessary and proper. Since calculating your damages can be difficult, a revenge porn lawyer can help in figuring out what damages you sustained.

How do I prevent revenge porn?

Other than never sending nude photos or videos to anyone, a few other steps can protect your sexual privacy. For example, share your information and photos wisely. Meanwhile, communicate with your partner about expectations for what is to be done with sexually explicit photos. Finally, if you are in a relationship, consider drafting a prenup that specifies what content can and can not be shared. But if your attempts at preventing revenge porn fails, handle the problem with these 12 Steps to Dealing with Revenge Porn Photos.

Contact KM&A

If you have faced the harmful effects of revenge porn, you are not alone. In fact, out of every ten ex-partners, at least one threatens revenge porn against their ex-partner. Furthermore, only 40% of those threats are empty. Kraemer, Manes & Associates LLC offers free and immediate consultations with a revenge porn attorney. An attorney can advise you of your rights under the revenge porn law, represent you in the legal system, and ensure that you recover all damages you are entitled to under the revenge porn law.

We represent clients in revenge porn cases across Pennsylvania with principle offices are in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. In western Pennsylvania, call us at 412-626-5626. In eastern Pennsylvania, call us at 215-618-9185. We can also be reached by email at lawyer@lawkm.com.