LESS PROTECTED HERE IN INDIANA THAN.
>> WELL YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF
THE PHRASE, REVENGE.
TONIGHT 13 INVESTIGATES A GAP IN
STATE LAW THAT ALLOWED SOMEONE
TO POST IMAGES OF YOU OR YOUR
TEEN WITHOUT CONSENT.
>> NOW A YOUNG WOMAN'S STORY.
>> WE WARN OUR TEENS ABOUT
POSTING ANYTHING EXPLICIT EVEN
IF AN APP PROMISES IT WILL
DISAPPEAR.
NOW IMAGINE IF IT IS SOMEONE WHO
WANTS TO SETTLE A SCORE.
ONE 18-YEAR-OLD IS SPEAKING OUT.
>> THAT WAS LIKE, WHAT IS THIS?
>> IT'S A PICTURE OF ME.
>> A PROVOCATIVE PHOTO AND THIS
ONE.
BUT 18-YEAR-OLD NEVER MEANT FOR
HER IMAGE TO LAND ON A PORN
SITE.
>> YOU FEEL VIOLATED.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO POST TO
SNAPCHAT AND THEN DISAPPEAR.
YOU DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS
GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT THE REJECTED CLASS MATE
SNAGGED A SCREEN SHOT THAT THE
THREATENED TO RUIN HER LIFE.
>> SINCE FRESHMAN YEAR HE ASKED
HER OUT AND HE SAID NO.
>> HE IS BY THE WAY, THERE'S A
SITE OF YOU.
>> PICTURES OF YOU.
WHAT PICTURES.
AND HE SHOWS ME ONE OF THEM.
>> SHOCKING.
HAD HEARD OF REVENGE PORN BUT
HAD NO IDEA HER DAUGHTER WAS IN
THE CENTER OF A ATTACK.
>> IT'S NOT PRIVATE.
IT'S OUT THERE.
IT BECOMES PUBLIC.
>> SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
ON THE SITE SHE SAW HIGH SCHOOL
GIRLS FROM ACROSS INDIANAPOLIS,
AND INDIANA AND THE ENTIRE
COMPANY.
SOME OF THEM WERE TOTALLY CLOTH
EXCEPT IN PA BATHING SUIT.
THE PICTURE OF MY DAUGHTER, IT
WAS PROVOCATIVE.
SHE HAD HER ARM OVER HER BREAST.
>> ACCORDING TO COLLEEN THE
CLASS MADE WHO TOLD HER ABOUT
IT, ADMITTED TO ADDING HER
IMAGE.
>> THAT'S WHEN HE FINALLY TOLD
ME, I WAS THE ONE WHO STARTED
IT.
I JUST BROKE DOWN IN TEARS.
>> CONTACTED THE SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL NOTIFIED PARENTS OF
OTHER IMPACTED GIRLS.
BUT THEY FOUND THE LAW ON
SEXTING AND SECTION-TORSION.
>> LACKING WHEN IT COMES TO
DISCLOSING IT.
>> PROSECUTOR BELIEVES THE
PERPETRATOR AND 50% GUILTY AND
THE VICTIM IS 50% GUILTY.
>> MORE THAN 30 STATES
HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN RED HAVE NON
CONSENSUAL DISCLOSURE LAWS ON
THE BOOKS.
BUT NOT INDIANA.
>> THEY GET AWAY WITH IT.
>> THAT'S WHAT STARTED ME ON THE
CRUSADE.
>> STATE SENATOR FRO MAN
REPRESENTS THE COUNTY.
HE SAYS INDIANA'S LAWS ARE NOT
WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
>> I THINK WE NEED GIVE THE
PROSECUTORS SOME ADDITIONAL
TOOLS AND AVENUES TO REALLY
PROSECUTE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING
THESE KIND OF THINGS WITHOUT A
WOMAN OR A MAN'S CONSENT.
>> HE SAYS THE CHALLENGE IS
CREATING THE RIGHT BALANCE.
>> DO YOU CRIMINALIZE IT?
>> IS IT MORE THAN AN
EDUCATIONAL PIECE.
IF THEY ARE DOING IT IN SOME
REVENGE WAY, LOOK, IN MY
OPINION, THAT NEEDS TO BE A
CRIME.
>> AT FIRST THEY SUFFERED
SILENTLY.
>> YOU DON'T TELL ANYONE.
>> THEY DECIDED TO SPEAKING OUT
IN HOPES OF SHIFTING POWER BACK
TO THOSE VIOLATED.
>> THERE IS A WAY TO SPEAKING
OUT.
TALK TO SOMEBODY.
>> EVEN THOUGH SHE SAYS HER
FORMER CLASSMATE REMOVED T. SHE
KNOWS HER IMAGE COULD SHOW UP
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> SHE WANTS OTHER GIRLS,
POSTING FOR A FEW SECONDS COULD
RISK A LIFETIME OF PRIVACY.
YOU DON'T THINK ANYONE IS GOING
TO DO THIS TO YOU UNTIL HAPPENS.
>> SEXTING LAWS DON'T APPLY
BECAUSE IT DEELS WITH
INDIVIDUALS.
HE IS WORKING TO COME UP WITH
LEGISLATION.
THEY WELCOME OTHERS TO JOIN THEM
IN CHANGE THE LAW.