Shortly after reports of an alleged sex tape of Mischa Barton was being touted to pornography companies, offering to the highest bidder with price starting at $500 000, the 31-year-old O.C. actress has hired a lawyer to help defend her right.
“I am very proud to represent actress Mischa Barton, who is courageously standing up for her rights,” Attorney Lisa Bloom said in a statement. “She does not consent to any disclosure of any such images, and she was recorded without her consent by someone she was seeing at the time.”
BREAKING NEWS: I am proud to represent actress Mischa Barton, who is the victim of revenge pornography. Here is my statement. pic.twitter.com/87brpAJoqy
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 14, 2017
“There’s a name for this disgusting conduct: Revenge pornography, a form of sexual assault, a crime and a civil wrong in California. And we will not stand for it.” The lawyer continued by warning that she and her client would go after anyone who attempts to traffic the photos or videos.
“I have a message for anyone who attempts to traffic in these photos or videos of Ms. Barton: we will find you, and we will come after you. We will fully prosecute you under every available criminal and civil law. You proceed at your peril.”
The early part of 2017 has been a difficult time for Mischa Barton. In January, she was hospitalized for a mental evaluation after saying that she’d been drugged while celebrating her birthday with friends. While in February, she accidentally crashed a U-Haul truck into a carport in West Hollywood.
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