The video was sent to hundreds of people, perhaps thousands. In Sardinia and in some large cities of the Peninsula. Maybe someone even asked for money to give it to those who wanted at all costs to watch those porn images with recognizable protagonists.
Pictures
Word of mouth did the rest, for months (between the end of 2022 and the spring of this year) many people saw those images portraying a woman (about 40 years old) from a town in Gallura, not far from Olbia, during of a sexual relationship with a young man (he would also be from Gallura). Several minutes of footage which, for reasons yet to be clarified, became public knowledge with disastrous consequences. Apparently, those who disseminated the sexually explicit content were aware that it was an extramarital affair, so the circulation of the material was accompanied by awareness of its effects.
The “employee” video
The matter is now at the center of an investigation by the district prosecutor (Cagliari Public Prosecutor's Office) responsible for the whole island in the field of computer crimes. The hypothesized crimes are different and we are not just talking about the very serious hypothesis of revenge porn (up to six years of imprisonment for the dissemination of videos or photos with sexually explicit content). In fact, according to what is emerging from the investigations, the video was in the memory of the woman's smartphone, or of the young man who was with her, and neither of them ever circulated it. Therefore, a violation of the mobile phone security system with illicit data acquisition is hypothesized. The serious aspect is that the video was filmed in Olbia thousands of times, then arrived in nearby towns and was then sent to many smartphones with a name that made the victims, in particular the woman, even more identifiable. In fact, the broadcast was accompanied by comments or other phrases that contained an indication of the lady's profession, such as "here, I'll send you the porn of the Sardinian employee" (the victim's real job is different). A disastrous situation that continues to cause heavy damage.
Data theft
The reason for the "theft" of data from phones remains to be understood. One of the hypotheses, yet to be verified, is that one of the smartphones in which the video was stored was handed over to a third person for professional reasons. A repair, data transmission or transfer of content to another device. Someone may have peeked into the phone's gallery and folders, finding the hard material and downloading it. If this were the case, it would be a very serious violation of the victims' privacy. The investigations are covered by confidentiality and no details are provided on the results of the investigations. One fact is certain, many people circulated the video and the transmission of the material left traces which are proof of the hypothesized crimes. The life of the woman who appears in the video and who never authorized the circulation of the images is still heavily influenced by the affair today. One of the victim's family members has serious health problems. The woman's lawyer, criminal lawyer Angelo Merlini, contacted in recent days, did not want to talk about the case.
Andrea Busia