Voth and Marsh were student together at Lake Forest College and, after they broke up on Valentine’s Day in 2006, Voth insists that she told Marsh to destroy the pictures — which she said she was reluctant to take in the first place. Marsh refused but allegedly promise to keep them private.
Voth was informed of the pictures by a friend who said that he saw them online.
The lawsuit accused Marsh of intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, and other charges.
Recently, a federal court ruled against Hustler Magazine in the use of nude pictures of a the deceased wife of Wrestler Chris Benoit.. That ruling, however, was based on the right to publicity rather than privacy. Privacy cases are more difficult when you voluntarily gave photos to another individual, as opposed to the recent McDonald’s case. Nevertheless, there can be an action if Marsh took the pictures under the express understanding that they would remain private.
Regardless of the law, of course, none of this changes the fact that Miles Marsh is a colossal jerk if the allegations are true. It takes someone without an ounce of humanity, intellect, or maturity to post such pictures. Perhaps such lawsuits will achieve one desired social objective: to discourage others from relationships (or worse yet, breeding) with the men who post on this site.
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