The Washington Post narrates the story of 34-year-old marketer (and former model) Madison Conradis, who discovered her nude photos had been leaked 10 years ago after a number of photographer websites were hacked:
The photos along with her name and contact information were uploaded to 4chan, a website that allows users to post anonymously about various topics. Soon after, fake Facebook profiles were sending her messages demanding that she send new, nude photos or they would further spread the photos that had already been leaked.
Some of the photos were found in her father's Instagram messages, and some of her clients also saw them. Madison was at a friend's party when she received a call from the manager of a hotel restaurant where she worked:
The photos had arrived in his inbox.
After two years, hoping that a new Florida law against cyber-harassment would end her torture, Madison walked into a local police station and reported everything. But she was told that what she was experiencing was not criminal.
What Madison didn't know was that there were other women suffering from the same man on the Internet. All of them faced similar reactions from the local authorities. So without the help of the police, they had to move on their own.
Some online research revealed that all four women shared a common Facebook follower: Christopher Buonocore. One of them was his ex-girlfriend, the other was his ex-fiancée, the other was his relative and the other was his childhood friend.
Eventually, Madison's sister Christine — who had just gotten her law degree — “prepared a 59-page document that mapped out the entire case with facts and more. They sent the document to all the women involved, and each of them came forward to their respective law enforcement offices, turned the package over to investigators and asked for a criminal investigation."
The sheriff in Manatee County, Florida, Christine's area, turned the case over to federal investigators. And in July 2019, the FBI took over on behalf of all 4 women based on cross-state cyber stalking evidence gathered by Christine…
In late December 2020, with no federal law criminalizing the non-consensual distribution of personal images, Buonocore was charged with six counts of cyberstalking, which apply in certain circumstances – when interstate communication is made with the intent to kill, injure, intimidate, harass or track someone.
He pleaded guilty to all charges the following January…
US District Judge Thomas Barber condemned Buonocore 15 years in federal prison — four years more than the prosecutor had requested.
Yes, fuck it! Yes!
That's where bums go to jail!
And when we say prison, we mean PRISON!
There is no prison sentence that after 3' turns into suspension, i.e.: you stay free, but don't do it again for three years...