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Mischa Barton Is Victim of 'Revenge Porn' Sex Tape, Attorney Claims
"The OC" star Mischa Barton says she was recorded without her knowledge by someone now trying to sell the sex-tape.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Mischa Barton, best known for her work on "The O.C.," is the victim of "revenge pornography," her Southland attorney said Tuesday amid reports a sex tape featuring the 31-year-old actress is being offered for sale to various websites.
"It has been reported that naked or sexually explicit images of Ms. Barton are being `shopped around,"' attorney Lisa Bloom said. "Ms. Barton does not consent to any disclosure of any such images. She believes she was recorded without her consent by someone she was seeing at the time.
There's a name for this disgusting conduct: revenge pornography," Bloom said. "Revenge pornography is a form of sexual assault, and it is also a crime and a civil wrong in California. And we will not stand for it."
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Various media outlets reported in recent days about the existence of the tape, with a broker telling the Daily Mail it features the actress taking part in various sex acts with an unidentified man while wearing a black hoodie. The broker said the tape was being shopped to various pornographic websites, with an asking price of $500,000.
Bloom said Barton "is courageously standing up for her rights" in fighting the release of any such images.
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"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," Bloom said. "We will fully prosecute you under every available criminal and civil law."
Barton made headlines in January when she was caught on video yelling at a neighbor while hanging over her backyard fence. Barton told People magazine later that she had been given a date-rape drug the night before, something she discovered when she checked into a hospital.
"This is a lesson to all young women out there, be aware of your surroundings," she told People.
City News Service; Photo: NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 12: Actress Mischa Barton attends the Globe Fashion Week X China Moment fashion show during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Art Beam on September 12, 2016 in New York City (Mireya Acierto /Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images)
