Cell Phone Porn Scandal Hits U.S. School
January 25, 2008 | 12:59 pm | by t-blender |Rate It:
msnbc: ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania - Police tried to stop the spread of pornographic video and photos of two U.S. high school girls, images that were transmitted by cell phone to dozens of the girls’ classmates and then to the wider world.
At least 40 Parkland High School students believed to have received the images must show their phones to police by Tuesday to ensure the images have been erased, or they could be prosecuted in juvenile court for possession of child pornography, District Attorney James B. Martin said Thursday.
But students at the Pennsylvania school said the distribution was far more widespread.
“Most people got it and kept passing it along for fun to everyone in their phonebook,” said Jon Gabriel, 16, a junior who said he received and deleted the images.
Students interviewed at the school Thursday said the pictures were circulated about two months ago, and that the images have been distributed well beyond the high school and even to people outside the state — including to Harvard University.
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