Police: Florida Man Posted Revenge Porn On Facebook To Harass Ex-Girlfriend


A Florida man has been arrested, after authorities say he posted revenge porn of his ex-girlfriend to social media. Florida Keys News reports that 33-year-old Michael Hamel, Jr., is entangled in a variety of charges stemming from the incident, along with prior incidents involving the same woman.

Police say that Hamel took to Facebook recently to retaliate against a former girlfriend — and the mother of his child — because she had ended their relationship. The Florida man reportedly posted a photo of her “pelvic region,” which also showed an easily identifiable tattoo.

“Embarrassment number one, 5000 to go,” He posted along with the photo.

The Miami Herald reports that the 33-year-old Florida man also made threats that “many more” explicit photos of his former girlfriend would be posted. He reportedly made these threats to a family member of his former girlfriend, whom he began texting in September, when the unnamed woman sought ended their relationship. After the woman sought a restraining order against him, he began texting explicit pictures of her to her family member — a former sister-in-law. The alleged victim’s former sister-in-law says that Hamel also used Snapchat to send explicit photos of his former girlfriend.

Police say that the photos were taken during the course of the Florida man’s three-year-relationship with the woman. She had consented to having the photos taken, at the time, but did not consent in any way for them to be shared or posted. According to Florida state law, citizens have “the reasonable expectation of privacy” if they agree to having a sexually explicit photograph taken of them.

This isn’t the first time someone has been arrested in Florida since the Sunshine State passed revenge porn legislation in 2015. Just this year, a Seminole County man was arrested after he reportedly posted a sexually explicit photo of his wife to Facebook. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Steven Ward took to the popular social media site to post the pornographic images of his wife, along with her name to identify her to the public. Police say that the man also texted his wife a screenshot of the Facebook post, along with harassing messages.

Prior to the passage of 2015’s integral sexual cyberharassment law, a Florida man was arrested for posting revenge porn of his long-time girlfriend to Facebook multiple times. Loopholes in harassment laws at the time would have given the 37-year-old Miami Beach man a far more lenient sentence, had he not included images of child pornography in his harassing posts. Police say that the man included photos of his girlfriend that were taken when she was underage at the time.

As for this latest case, police have charged Michael Hamel, Jr., with sexual cyberharassment. Police say that he is also currently charged with cocaine possession, along with domestic violence stemming from an incident in June. The Florida man is currently being held in a Stock Island jail on bond in the amount of $50k. He’s expected to appear in court at the end of this month.

[Featured Image via Stock Island Jail]

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