ITALIAN soccer referee Diana Di Meo has revealed that she’s been the sufferer of revenge porn.
The 22-year-old official from the coastal metropolis of Pescara introduced that personal and specific images and movies had been stolen from her and posted on WhatsApp and Telegram.
She reported it to the authorities, with the culprits reportedly going through as much as six years in jail for sharing the content material with out her consent.
Di Meo informed police: “I have been locked up at house, I have been crying and throwing up for 2 days.”
The referee additionally took to Instagram, posting a 3 minute lengthy video to her close to 100,000 followers, wherein she thanked followers for flooding her with messages of assist.
The soccer official can be a legislation pupil alongside being a referee, and revealed: “These are non-public movies which were stolen from me.
“Somebody will need to have managed to get into my cell phone. In any other case, I do not know how they have been taken.
“I’ve filed a grievance and the authorities will care for the whole lot. I thank all of the girls and boys who’re writing to me from throughout Italy.
“It’s a scenario that I don’t want on anybody, I’m making an attempt to withstand however not everybody succeeds. We should report these movies and the individuals who proceed to share this stuff.”
Di Meo additionally courageously informed her followers that she hopes others will observe her instance, with the purpose that victims of the identical crime will discover the ‘voice’ to talk out.
She continued: “I am right here to speak about it, many people cannot do it and conceal.
“I hope to offer a voice to all these victims who’re blamed when in actuality the offender is on the opposite facet of the display screen.
“Right this moment the sufferer is me, tomorrow it may very well be an individual near those that perhaps now are watching the movies and smiling.”
