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N.S. woman awarded damages after ex posted fake online sex ad - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

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Larissa Williams of Lower Sackville , N.S. , said she was aghast in July 2022 when a text arrived from an unknown number asking about obtaining sexual services.

After a few confused messages back and forth and an online search, Williams discovered a picture of her torso.

The photo was one she had shared with her boyfriend but asked him to destroy after they broke up.

On Jan. 13 , Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Joshua Arnold awarded damages after having earlier found Cory Lester liable under Nova Scotia’s Intimate Images and Cyber -protection Act.

Lester denied posting the photo and the ad, and in an emailed statement this week he maintained his innocence.

Leah Parsons' daughter Rehteah took her own life after a photo was circulated of what her family says was a sexual assault.

Her death inspired Nova Scotia’s initial anti-cyberbullying law.

Police and the justice system “have to crack down harder” and better support victims, she says.

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