Legislators look at how best to crack down on 'revenge porn'

Chrissy Chambers says she was secretly filmed while being sexually assaulted by an ex-boyfriend, and that it was just the beginning of the nightmare.

The former lover posted the video online, which wound up on 37 different pornography sites, Chambers told Minnesota legislators and advocates Thursday at the first meeting of a bipartisan group hoping to pass legislation that will protect Minnesota victims of so-called “revenge porn.”

Chambers, a Los Angeles-based YouTube performer of music and comedy with her partner Bria Kam, said discovering the assault video online unleashed feelings of “unimaginable terror.” She turned to alcohol to treat symptoms of what was later diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder, including depression, anxiety and regular nightmares.

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