I am a 22 year old female. A 17 year old, which is the legal age of consent in NY, male has nude photos of myself which I sent him and all my personal information and has posted them freely on the internet to "troll" me. He has twice made websites, claiming to be me posting all of the information he has on me (address, home address, phone number) on a forum website where anybody can access my information. The first instance, which I dealt with immediately, was Saturday, November 7th. I received harassing phone calls from unknown numbers stating that they would rape and murder me. I was able to get the hosting company to take down the site and get photobucket to take down all the pictures. He, being 17, lied to make the website which requires its users to be 18 to register. He also even paid to make and host the site. I was understandably shaken but thought it was all over.
This evening, when googling my name, I saw that he had again put the site up through the same webhosting company based out of Korea (co.cc) and hosted the pictures through a different site (imageventure.com). I was able to get the website taken down, though saving a pdf for proof.
Also, I am worried that if he has the ability, he will again post my information all over the site to inflame the site users and I will deal with more retribution, especially if I take legal action against him. I am less worried about people seeing me naked, but more for future job prospects, etc. I never expected it to come to this and was shocked and very hurt he went to this level of obsession over me.
My question is, do I have legal recourse? He has done this twice now, and the only way I know to stop it is to retain a lawyer. I understand my decisions were misguided, but were not legally wrong. He is posing as me, lying, and using this information for malicious intent. I consulted the police in the town that he lives and they instructed me to get a lawyer. Is this the right thing to do? Are there any female lawyers who specialize in this kind of thing in the New York City area?
This evening, when googling my name, I saw that he had again put the site up through the same webhosting company based out of Korea (co.cc) and hosted the pictures through a different site (imageventure.com). I was able to get the website taken down, though saving a pdf for proof.
Also, I am worried that if he has the ability, he will again post my information all over the site to inflame the site users and I will deal with more retribution, especially if I take legal action against him. I am less worried about people seeing me naked, but more for future job prospects, etc. I never expected it to come to this and was shocked and very hurt he went to this level of obsession over me.
My question is, do I have legal recourse? He has done this twice now, and the only way I know to stop it is to retain a lawyer. I understand my decisions were misguided, but were not legally wrong. He is posing as me, lying, and using this information for malicious intent. I consulted the police in the town that he lives and they instructed me to get a lawyer. Is this the right thing to do? Are there any female lawyers who specialize in this kind of thing in the New York City area?
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