Feds Indict Two Former Employees For Leaking Nude Images Of VI Delegate Stacey Plaskett
Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett on Thursday issued a statement thanking the Capitol Police and U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, after it was announced that a joint investigation had led to the indictment of two former employees of Ms. Plaskett in connection with the release of nude images of the congresswoman and a nude video of her husband.
Former aide Juan McCullum was charged with two counts of cyberstalking, while Dorene Browne-Louis was charged on two counts of obstruction of justice. The joint operation saw the U.S. Capitol Police investigating the matter, while it was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
The Consortium reported on the leak on July 21, 2016. Back then, Ms. Plaskett said, “The theft and distribution of these personal images via the internet marks a new low in Virgin Islands politics. I am shocked and deeply saddened that someone would stoop to such a level as to invade my marriage and the love of my family in an attempt to besmirch me politically.”
Both aides had worked for the delegate to Congress for over a year before leaving in mid-2016, according to the indictment. The indictment says that in March 2016, Ms. Plaskett asked Mr. McCullum to take her iPhone to an Apple store for repairs. While he had her phone, however, he created Hotmail and Facebook accounts under a fictitious name to distribute and post nude images of Ms. Plaskett and her husband. The indictment alleges that Mr. McCullum used the social media accounts to encourage others to spread the images and videos in the U.S. Virgin Islands, whose people Ms. Plaskett represents.
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