MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (TND) — Xavien Howard, a former Miami Dolphins star, is accused of sharing express images and movies of girls, and in some unspecified time in the future texting sexual photos of 1 sufferer to her son, a lawsuit states.
In Could, two victims filed the lawsuit in Broward County, Fla., alleging Howard, 30, launched the specific content material to “humiliate them and trigger emotional misery,” court docket paperwork obtained by Native 10 Information stated.
In keeping with the report, Howard had been seeing one of many victims recognized within the lawsuit as “Jane Doe” in 2016, the place they began to have an unique relationship. Nevertheless, the connection led to July of that yr, and in September 2016, Jane Doe stated she acquired a message on Instagram from an unidentified girl claiming she had been despatched movies from Howard of “him having intercourse with numerous ladies.”
Jane Doe “immediately recognized herself” within the movies, in keeping with the lawsuit, after which acknowledged she reached out to Howard to be taught why the movies had been shared, to which he instructed her, “he shared the movies” to “make her mad as a result of she didn’t wish to have intercourse with him,” the court docket paperwork alleged.
She admits that she was “sexually concerned” with Howard within the lawsuit, “however as soon as she spurned his advances, Howard circulated sexually express movies of her—with out her consent— to the general public.” Jane Doe says Howard filmed and took images of her whereas she was participating in intercourse acts with him with out her data.
The sufferer’s son, recognized as John Doe within the lawsuit, who was a minor on the time and is the opposite plaintiff within the lawsuit, acknowledged that Howard went on a “warpath” towards his mom and despatched him disturbing content material whereas Howard and his mom had been courting in 2022.
“John Doe is the son of one other girl (hereinafter known as “Mom”) Howard grew to become sexually concerned with, who after impregnating her, demanding that she have an abortion, and her refusing, went on a warpath towards her,” in keeping with the lawsuit that was shared by Local10 Information.
Sharing of the content material with out their consent, because the plaintiff’s declare within the lawsuit, was an invasion of their privateness they usually had been sexually cyber-harassed.
Sexual cyberharassment or “revenge porn” is unlawful in Florida and has been since 2015. State legislation says it’s thought of the nonconsensual distribution of sexually express photos or movies of one other individual with the intent of inflicting the sufferer emotional misery.
Jane Doe is searching for judgment for damages over $50,000, in keeping with the paperwork obtained by Native 10 Information, and neither victims have pursued felony prices.