Leigh Nicol Talks About How ‘Revenge P*rn’ Changed Her Life

Professional Scottish female footballer Leigh Nicol became the victim of a ‘revenge p*rn’ incident in 2018. In a recent interview with Sky Sports, Leigh talked about how several explicit pictures of her were leaked on adult sites on the web without her consent leading her to ‘depression’, ‘anxiety’, ‘weight loss’, and even ‘suicidal thoughts’.

Leigh further added that her photos were spreading like wildfire on various social media platforms, like Twitter, Reddit, and Telegram.

Media reports state that Leigh was just 18 years old at the time, and her private pictures were obtained from her iCloud account. Culprits uploaded Leigh’s pictures on a famous adult site P*rnhub showing her uncovered and even in compromising positions.

According to Thaiger, When Leigh got to know about the breach of her privacy, she reached out to the platform and requested them to remove the pictures and videotapes. According to sun, the platform removed her content from their site after “numerous emails.”

However, that was not the end as by the time her private photos and videos were removed from the adult site, the news was all over the web and many other platforms and individuals had downloaded the footage in their private spaces.

In the interview with Sky News, Nicole said that she still receives abusive comments on her social media handles daily.

Leigh is a retired Scottish footballer who last played for Crystal Palace in the English FA Women’s Championship has now joined the campaign to fight against  “revenge porn” to help the other victims.

In 2015, the Devon-based Revenge Porn Helpline was set up to help victims. Within a few months that same year, staff received approximately 10,000 phone calls and reports.