Florida woman dubbed 'hot convict' sues website over mug shot photo
Mar 1, 2014 03:38:35 #
TAMPA, FLA. A 28-year-old mother of four has filed a lawsuit against a background check website, saying the company used her attractive arrest booking photo for commercial and advertising purposes, without compensating her or even getting her permission.
Meagan Simmons of Zephyrhills filed the lawsuit in Hillsborough County Court against InstantCheckmate.com.
In her lawsuit, she says all the exposure has disturbed her peace of mind, invaded her privacy and caused her mental anguish. The suit seeks monetary damages and an injunction to prevent further use of her picture.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that Simmons' image popped up on countless websites where she was branded "a hot convict."
The photo was taken during a 2010 DUI charge.
Do you think she has a case against InstantCheckmate.com?
Meagan Simmons of Zephyrhills filed the lawsuit in Hillsborough County Court against InstantCheckmate.com.
In her lawsuit, she says all the exposure has disturbed her peace of mind, invaded her privacy and caused her mental anguish. The suit seeks monetary damages and an injunction to prevent further use of her picture.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that Simmons' image popped up on countless websites where she was branded "a hot convict."
The photo was taken during a 2010 DUI charge.
Do you think she has a case against InstantCheckmate.com?
Mar 1, 2014 04:20:14 #
Art wrote:
TAMPA, FLA. A 28-year-old mother of four has fi... (show quote)
If her face is making them money, part of that money should be hers; and why are the police giving her mugshot to those kind of people anyway?
Mar 1, 2014 05:03:31 #
BigMike wrote:
If her face is making them money, part of that money should be hers; and why are the police giving her mugshot to those kind of people anyway?
Agreed. You are right. I hope she named the police in the lawsuit too.
Mar 1, 2014 07:08:31 #
Mar 1, 2014 09:04:40 #
lpnmajor
Loc: Arkansas
stan3186 wrote:
She is hot.
It looks more like they got the photo from " hursurus".
Mar 1, 2014 10:55:30 #
Mar 1, 2014 10:56:43 #
Art wrote:
TAMPA, FLA. A 28-year-old mother of four has fi... (show quote)
She is a very pretty young girl who is very pleasant to look at whether she is hot or not would depend on her makeup and her attitude.
Mar 1, 2014 20:43:45 #
Mar 1, 2014 20:44:14 #
Mar 1, 2014 21:07:32 #
BigMike wrote:
If her face is making them money, part of that money should be hers; and why are the police giving her mugshot to those kind of people anyway?
I agree. I wonder if anyone can get mugshots from police and why?
So maybe her award has to do if she is beautiful enough to earn money?
After reading this article, I goggled mug shots and came up with some really scary looking people who might not do well if they filed a law suit and others I would be more sympathetic about their claim.
I'll share a few with you and you are welcome to comment or add a few of your own, but please no nasty pictures, just faces, want to keep this discussion about the case or political.
Before after Meth photo
Mar 1, 2014 21:29:27 #
Art wrote:
I agree. I wonder if anyone can get mugshots from ... (show quote)
Beautiful or frightful, this kind of thing goes to show that the words, "paid his/her debt to society" is a joke! Society exacts its revenge for the rest of the offender's life. The only thing a person can do is rise above it.
Mar 2, 2014 14:08:49 #
lpnmajor wrote:
It looks more like they got the photo from " hursurus".
Google "hursurus" and the only singular results brought up is this topic on One Political Plaza. Could be you misspelled something, but you showed me an interesting way to tag a place and be able Google it later to direct internet traffic to a specific location. Thank you.
Mar 2, 2014 14:23:25 #
BigMike wrote:
Beautiful or frightful, this kind of thing goes to show that the words, "paid his/her debt to society" is a joke! Society exacts its revenge for the rest of the offender's life. The only thing a person can do is rise above it.
While the United States represents about 5 percent of the world's population, it houses around 25 percent of the world's prisoners.[4][5] Imprisonment of America's 2.3 million prisoners, costing $24,000 per inmate per year, and $5.1 billion in new prison construction, consumes $60.3 billion in budget expenditures. Many studies show many prisoners were convicted of non-violent crimes.
Mar 2, 2014 15:31:06 #
lpnmajor wrote:
It looks more like they got the photo from " hursurus".
"hursurus" ? hers or us? what is that word?
Mar 2, 2014 16:12:22 #
BigMike wrote:
If her face is making them money, part of that money should be hers; and why are the police giving her mugshot to those kind of people anyway?
In Florida, as in many States, mug shots are public domain. As such, I really don't bieve she has a case. Of course the site owners will toss her a coiple thousa d dollars, rather than spend vast sums fighting it. That what these scum bag slip and fall lawyers hope, anyway.
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