A woman who was secretly filmed having sex when she was still a minor has won over €32,000 in damages, in a civil suit judgement 14 years after the traumatic incident.
The woman had been underage at the time and in a relationship with one of the five men against whom she filed the civil suit, seeking damages for the psychological trauma the incident caused her.
She was secretly filmed while having sex with her then-boyfriend and the compromising footage was subsequently copied onto CDs which were put into circulation via a DVD store.
One of those copies ultimately ended up at the minor’s home and the police had subsequently filed criminal charges against the five men, who had admitted to charges of producing and circulating the indecent material involving the underage girl.
MaltaToday in the dock over Melvin Theuma recording leaks
Magistrate orders contempt of court proceedings against editor Matthew Vella and others
9 January 2021, 12:03pm
by Matthew Agius
MaltaToday is being accused of contempt of court over a story in which it revealed police questioning of Edwin Brincat, known as il-Gojja (left) having coached Theuma on what to say whilst recording his conversations
MaltaToday executive editor Matthew Vella and assistant editor Karl Azzopardi, and executive director Saviour Balzan, have been summoned to appear as defendants in a contempt of court case filed over the publication of extracts of phone recordings made by Melvyn Theuma.
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Sydney burger joint Down N’ Out – which was forced to change its name to Nameless Bar a few months ago – has lost its appeal against American burger chain In-N-Out over the use of the former’s similar name.
Earlier this year, the Federal Court ruled that Down N’ Out’s name crossed the line from inspiration to appropriation of In-N-Out’s name.
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A Sydney burger chain that dubbed itself Down N Out in a nod to US fast-food giant In-N-Out Burger has lost a legal bid to flip a court decision that forced it to stop using the name and hand over its signs and promotional materials.
In February this year, Federal Court Justice Anna Katzmann ruled In-N-Out had proved its case of trademark infringement, passing-off and misleading or deceptive conduct against the Sydney-based company Hashtag Burgers, in a fast food feud examining the line between inspiration and appropriation .
Food fight: In-N-Out sued Down N Out in the Federal Court.
Credit:Janie Barrett, Supplied