Mischa Barton Gets Two Restraining Orders Against "Exes" Says It Is Revenge Porn
A sex tape featuring actress Mischa Barton is revenge porn, according to Barton’s attorney, who issued preemptive warnings this week amid reports the video is being shopped around. “This is a painful situation, and my absolute worst fear was realized when I learned that someone I thought I loved and trusted was filming my most intimate and private moments,” Barton said in a press conference Wednesday.
“It has been reported that naked or sexually explicit images of Ms. Barton are being ‘shopped around,’” attorney Lisa Bloom said. “Ms. Barton does not consent to any disclosure of any such images. She believes she was recorded without her consent by someone she was seeing at the time.”
“There’s a name for this disgusting conduct: revenge pornography,” Bloom said. “Revenge pornography is a form of sexual assault, and it is also a crime and a civil wrong in California. And we will not stand for it.”
“No woman should have to go through this,” Barton said.
Bloom said Barton “is courageously standing up for her rights” in fighting the release of any such images.
“I have a message for anyone who attempts to traffic in these photos or videos of Ms. Barton: We will find you, and we will come after you,” Bloom said. “We will fully prosecute you under every available criminal and civil law.”
So far, however, Bloom says she didn’t think the reported video or any images from it have been published, but won’t say whether they have gone to the police with the information.
