

5 teens guilty of sharing intimate images in Bridgewater Dropbox case.Teen girls were 'humiliated' after sexually explicit photos were shared, says victim.She said they would talk in class and he would compliment her looks and tell her that he liked her. Trusted friendĪnother girl described the same boy as someone who she knew for a long time, since they were young children. She said she felt if she didn't send him the pictures, he would spread a rumour about her at school or confront her about it. She did not give him permission to redistribute the images she sent.Īfter sending the pictures, the girl said she felt horrible. The girl said she felt pressured and eventually sent four or five pictures to the boy through Snapchat. The girl said one of the boys in that group had earlier asked her to send pictures and she said she knew this meant sexual pictures.įollowing the locker incident, the boy kept asking her to send pictures. She said she felt like they had all been talking about her.


In an agreed statement of facts, one of the girls described seeing a cluster of boys around her locker at school one day. The names of the accused and the girls who appear in the photos are protected by a court order. They were youths at the time of the offences. The boys, all from the Bridgewater area, used online Dropbox accounts that were created in 2015 to share images with one another.

The teenagers are expected to be sentenced in Bridgewater provincial court July 31 for sharing intimate images online of more than 20 local girls - some as young as 13. Newly released court documents are shedding light on how six Nova Scotia boys convinced more than 20 girls to share intimate images of themselves.
