'My life was destroyed by revenge porn and there's nothing I can do to stop it'
19.02.2023 - 16:13
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman who works for the NHS has said her life has been ‘destroyed’ after she was told there was nothing that she could do to stop a vile stalker from posting revenge porn images of her online.
Holly Knowles said the situation has made her feel suicidal because intimate pictures - alongside her name, location, social media accounts and business details - keep being released online without her permission.
Holly, 36, said she has been told by victim support services that a legal loophole prevents police from acting and stopping the stalker from humiliating her.
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“Sometimes when I feel really, really low I have felt suicidal, like I don’t deserve to be here any more,” Holly, who works as a medical photographer, told the Mirror.
"I’m terrified to go out. I don’t trust anybody any more. This has destroyed my life.”
Holly has fallen foul of a loophole that means women who post images on paid-for sites like OnlyFans or appear on sexcams are not covered by the law if their images are later used against them.
Holly became an internet cam girl four years ago when her then partner was hit by a life-threatening illness and she was struggling to make ends meet with her admin job.
After six months of managing to keep a roof over their heads, she quit and deleted all evidence from the web. She hoped that would be the end of things as she could move on with her life.
But last January her new partner got an Instagram message saying: “Did you know your girlfriend was an escort?”
The post linked to a sex work website with nude pictures and videos of Holly – plus her real identity, which she had never used. She said: