Ex-Boyfriend of Texas Woman Ordered to Pay $1.2 Billion in ‘Revenge Porn’ Case

The woman’s ex-boyfriend, Marques Jamal Jackson, was ordered to pay the fines after the jury reviewed evidence that he had responded to the couple’s breakup in 2020 “with the intent to embarrass, harass, torment, humiliate, and publicly shame” her.

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A Texas woman has been awarded more than $1 billion by a jury after it ruled she was the victim of “revenge porn,” or imaged-based sexual abuse, by her ex-boyfriend.

The woman, identified in the lawsuit only as Jane Doe or D.L., was awarded $200 million for past and future mental anguish and $1 billion in exemplary damages, the law firm representing her announced on Aug. 11.