A female Italian referee is hiding inside of her home after explicit photos of her were hacked from her iPhone.
Diana Di Meo claims to be the victim of “revenge porn” after racy images of hers found their way to the internet.
The Pescara resident has been mortified ever since the images were reportedly hacked from her phone and posted on WhatsApp and Instagram.
“I’ve been locked up at home, I’ve been crying and throwing up for two days,” Di Meo said in a statement to police.
According to the New York Post, Di Meo explained her situation on social media, and thanked her fans who showed support.
“Someone must have managed to get into my mobile phone,” she said in a video posted to Instagram. “Otherwise, I have no idea how they were taken. I have filed a complaint and the authorities will take care of everything. I thank all the boys and girls who are writing to me from all over Italy.”
The referee hopes that going forward, she can be an example of how to combat such acts.
“It is a situation that I do not wish on anyone, I am trying to resist but not everyone succeeds,” she said. “We must report these videos and the people who continue to share these things,” she said. “I’m here to talk about it, many of us can’t do it and hide. I hope to give a voice to all those victims who are blamed, when in reality the culprit is on the other side of the screen. Today the victim is me, tomorrow it could be a person close to those who maybe now are watching the videos and smiling.”
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