Lawsuit alleges conspiracy to obtain intimate photos of student – MassLive.com

Identified only as John Doe in court documents, a Hampshire County man was a sophomore in college when he began making payments in hopes of keeping a series of his intimate photos from being sent to his family and friends. He had been chatting with “Annie” during the 2020-2021 school year when he was away at college in Wisconsin, who sent him a message on Instagram. Photos on the social media accounts showed “Annie” was “a blonde-haired, college-aged female,” according to his lawsuit. It progressed to exchanging nude photos and videos on Snapchat. That’s when the person behind the account said they would distribute Doe’s images unless he sent money, according to the court record. More than a year after Doe stopped the payments, about 20 of his family and friends received the intimate images from a Snapchat account pretending to be him. Some of the recipients were under 18, according to the court record. This week, John Doe filed a lawsuit in federal court in Springfield against two men he said invaded his privacy, shared his intimate images and conspired to obtain nude photos of him and others. In doing so, he invoked a law only a few years
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