Woman who shared nude photos of dadâs lover jailed
A woman who posted naked photographs of her fatherâs former mistress on an escort site as an act of ârevengeâ has been jailed for three years.
Eleanor Brown set up a fake profile of the woman on the website, her trial heard, which led to the victimâs husband being bombarded with calls and messages.
Brown, 24, of Peel Street in Morley, had initially denied two counts of disclosing private photographs without consent, but pleaded guilty to both charges part way through her trial at Leeds Crown Court in September.
In a statement read to the court at Brownâs sentencing, the victim said she lived in âconstant fearâ of the photos resurfacing.
The court heard Brownâs father had had an extra-marital affair with the woman in the early 2010s, which was then discovered years later by Brown while she was a teenager.
In August 2022, Brown posted derogatory and abusive messages about the woman on an online profile promoting the victimâs husbandâs business.
âAct of brinkmanshipâ
When this did not provoke the âreaction she wantedâ, she then set up a profile of the woman on an escort site alongside her husbandâs phone number, the court heard.
The hearing heard the victimâs husband was bombarded with eight phone calls and 13 texts within half an hour of the advert being posted.
Brown also contacted the coupleâs daughter, who had not been aware of the affair, and sent her a âlengthy and vindictiveâ message, the sentencing heard.
She told her she would never âallow her to forgetâ what her mother had done âto my familyâ.
Judge Alexander Menary said Brownâs actions had been âvindictive, selfish and vengefulâ and told her that she had ârelished the obvious discomfortâ the offending had caused.
The judge said her decision to initially deny the offences had been an âact of brinkmanshipâ, forcing the victim and her husband to go through the stress of giving evidence at trial.
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