Asked by the Customer on 26-04-2015 05:52:37
Question posted in the General Law category relating to Gauteng
Question posted in the General Law category relating to Gauteng
Good Day
in July 2015 this year my daughter and two of her friends made a video on her cell which was done in the nude. The length of the video is 52 minutes. The video was only accessible on one of the girl’s phone. This was a stupid thing that the girls aged 16 did after a party one evening. The video records the girls whilst they assisting another girl who was tipsy after the party, where all three of them sat in the shower and talking to each other age=afterwards - all this was done in the nude. No sexual indiscretions but merely three innocent girls that did something very stupid by filming them in the nude and never deleting the video.
Somewhere between January and March 2015, one of their male friends got hold of the video and copied it by making three separate recordings from another cell phone and later distributing the videos. Obviously when it come out that the videos were distributed in eth public domain the girls were crucified and labelled by their peers. The girls then approached the school for assistance in an attempt to get the matter resolved before their parents found out. However the school advised the girls to inform their parents, which was done with school involvement. The girls were subsequently also removed from the school environment for ten days in an attempts for the girls to get some professional assistance to deal with the matter and also for the matter to calm done at School.
The suspected boys were called in by the school and enquiries made if anyone had knowledge pertaining to whom got hold of the video and distributed such. No one come forth. All greed to have seen the video and subsequently deleted such form their phones.
The whole school was cautioned in terms of the distribution of pornographic materials and advised that an investigation as being conducted.
To date we have only managed to obtain one clip of the videos which was distributed.
No professional investigations has been done. Only those of concerned parents of a daughter whose average at school is 88 % and whose integrity has been seriously damaged with a video which was distributed without consent. The video should never have been made by my daughter, she should have deleted the thing. But this done not give anyone the right to take it without permission form her phone and sending it into the public domain.
She and her two friends are suffering now and will never be able to have normal school career in the school of the remainder for their high school career.
With our parent investigation, we have narrowed the search of the boy, who copied the video, to one boy. We have made contact with the boy and his parents and will be meeting with them this afternoon.
We cannot undone the damage which has been done by the video an the humiliation of the girls but could we not obtain a resolutions which might let my daughter and the others bear the matter easier
We would be engaging the parents and the boy this afternoon and we plan to put the
That our investigations have indicated that it is he - who started the while process and we require an formal apology to the three girls and to the school governing body
That in the event of no admission from the boy, we will per sue civil action – will we be able to do this? What impact will this have?
He denies that it was him but that he could identify the source
Your guidance will be greatly appreciated
Burnette Cilliers
in July 2015 this year my daughter and two of her friends made a video on her cell which was done in the nude. The length of the video is 52 minutes. The video was only accessible on one of the girl’s phone. This was a stupid thing that the girls aged 16 did after a party one evening. The video records the girls whilst they assisting another girl who was tipsy after the party, where all three of them sat in the shower and talking to each other age=afterwards - all this was done in the nude. No sexual indiscretions but merely three innocent girls that did something very stupid by filming them in the nude and never deleting the video.
Somewhere between January and March 2015, one of their male friends got hold of the video and copied it by making three separate recordings from another cell phone and later distributing the videos. Obviously when it come out that the videos were distributed in eth public domain the girls were crucified and labelled by their peers. The girls then approached the school for assistance in an attempt to get the matter resolved before their parents found out. However the school advised the girls to inform their parents, which was done with school involvement. The girls were subsequently also removed from the school environment for ten days in an attempts for the girls to get some professional assistance to deal with the matter and also for the matter to calm done at School.
The suspected boys were called in by the school and enquiries made if anyone had knowledge pertaining to whom got hold of the video and distributed such. No one come forth. All greed to have seen the video and subsequently deleted such form their phones.
The whole school was cautioned in terms of the distribution of pornographic materials and advised that an investigation as being conducted.
To date we have only managed to obtain one clip of the videos which was distributed.
No professional investigations has been done. Only those of concerned parents of a daughter whose average at school is 88 % and whose integrity has been seriously damaged with a video which was distributed without consent. The video should never have been made by my daughter, she should have deleted the thing. But this done not give anyone the right to take it without permission form her phone and sending it into the public domain.
She and her two friends are suffering now and will never be able to have normal school career in the school of the remainder for their high school career.
With our parent investigation, we have narrowed the search of the boy, who copied the video, to one boy. We have made contact with the boy and his parents and will be meeting with them this afternoon.
We cannot undone the damage which has been done by the video an the humiliation of the girls but could we not obtain a resolutions which might let my daughter and the others bear the matter easier
We would be engaging the parents and the boy this afternoon and we plan to put the
That our investigations have indicated that it is he - who started the while process and we require an formal apology to the three girls and to the school governing body
That in the event of no admission from the boy, we will per sue civil action – will we be able to do this? What impact will this have?
He denies that it was him but that he could identify the source
Your guidance will be greatly appreciated
Burnette Cilliers
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