![]() Toyne called the distribution of the photos an act of "revenge porn" and a "devastating invasion of privacy."Ĭourt heard Roque was on the verge of getting hired as a constable with Brandon police, but was removed from the competition after police received her private photos. Roque without her consent,” Toyne said in court. Roque from being a police officer and at the time she distributed those images of Ms. She believed it would be good to prevent Ms. Roque and the other women for ripping her family apart. Roque had dated Friesen for three months and shared intimate images with him. ![]() In February 2017, she logged onto his email and found around a 100 photos of at least 12 women, including Roque. “For instance, some images may be more problematic for blackmail.”Ĭourt heard Peters suspected her then boyfriend Friesen of cheating. “The background investigation is not just about criminal conduct and goes much deeper into personal characteristics,” Majewski told court. Peters' lawyer Rhea Majewski argued the photos are in the public interest and relevant to Roque’s police background check. Roque’s consent and that motive is revenge,” Kevin Toyne, Roque’s lawyer, told Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Sandra Zinchuk on Tuesday. Peters’ distribution of those images without Ms. “There is a single solitary motive for Ms. Her lawyer said Peters shared the images with Brandon police in retaliation for a relationship Roque had with Peters’ then boyfriend, Brandon police officer Ryan Friesen. Roque is seeking between $200,000 to $350,000 in compensation. ![]() It allows victims to sue for financial damages.īrittany Roque filed a civil lawsuit under the legislation against Terri-Lyn Peters for allegedly sharing intimate images without her permission and costing her a job with the Brandon Police Service. The law passed five years ago to stop people from sharing sexual images without consent. Roque's husband Michael Andrew Dixon, who is another Brandon police officer, said his wife became consumed with fear after her photos were shared, but confirmed neither he or his wife asked Peters to stop sharing the images.Closing arguments were made Tuesday in what one lawyer is calling a case of ‘revenge porn’ in Brandon, Man., and one of the first legal tests of Manitoba’s Intimate Image Protection Act. Roque testified Monday while she was applying to become a police officer, she was told to withdraw her application after the force was given the nude images Peters discovered. She testified she told Lewis that "I have information regarding the potential and current police officers and it does include images of people in various stages of undress." She testified when she confronted Friesen he told her he didn't want to live anymore and said "'I'm just going to eat my gun.' At one point he told me he was lying on the floor with his gun in his mouth just to attempt to gain control of the conversation."Īfter she found the photos, she sent them to herself and called Brandon Deputy Chief Wayne Balcaen. Randy Lewis, the then-deputy chief of operations, then came to her home and collected them. Peters testified that she became suspicious of her boyfriend after he cheated on her in 2012, and she discovered he had been saving numbers of women in his phone under aliases like his mom or sister. Brittany Roque testified intimate images she sent to a Brandon police officer she was having an affair with on Snapchat and over text were meant to be private and not shared.
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