--- title: Revenge Porn: Virginia Woman Charged Under New Law description: She and the victim were allegedly fighting over a boyfriend canonical: https://time.com/3524543/revenge-porn-virginia/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-20T15:25:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:11.005Z og:title: Revenge Porn: Virginia Woman Charged Under New Law og:description: She and the victim were allegedly fighting over a boyfriend og:url: https://time.com/3524543/revenge-porn-virginia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Revenge Porn: Virginia Woman Charged Under New Law twitter:description: She and the victim were allegedly fighting over a boyfriend twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Virginia Woman First to Be Charged Under New Revenge Porn Law > Sponsored content. 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The victim says she took the picture herself and sent it to her boyfriend, and that his ex (the accused) stole the photo and posted it on Facebook. Craig is being charged with one misdemeanor count of “maliciously disseminating a videographic or still image of another person in totally or partially nude state with the intent to coerce, harass or intimidate,” which is what the state of Virginia calls “revenge porn.” **MORE:** [A New Strategy for Prosecuting Revenge Porn](http://nation.time.com/2013/12/10/a-new-strategy-for-prosecuting-revenge-porn/) Virginia passed the new law earlier this year, and it went into effect on July 1\. The law stipulates that anybody who disseminates nude or semi-nude content with intent to coerce, harass, or intimidate faces a Class 1 Misdemeanor. Virginia is one of many states to enact revenge porn laws as unauthorized distribution of photos becomes more common. [Since 2013, ](http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/state-revenge-porn-legislation.aspx)California, New York, Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, have also enacted laws to fight revenge porn. 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