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RandySF

(58,911 posts) Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:23 PM Oct 2019

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Rep. Katie Hill threatens legal action over nude photos

Attorneys for Rep. Katie Hill on Thursday threatened to bring legal action against a British tabloid for posting what it claims are nude photos of the freshman California Democrat.

Hill’s legal team — Marc Elias and Rachel Jacobs of the firm Perkins Coie — also suggested Hill was defamed over a report by the Daily Mail that she has a Nazi-inspired tattoo on her body.

In a cease-and-desist letter to Candace Trunzo, executive editor of the Daily Mail, Elias and Jacobs demanded that “you remove these photos from publication at once.” The newspaper ran a series of intimate photos of Hill and a former campaign staffer with whom it said she had an affair before Hill won her seat in Congress. Hill, who is going through an acrimonious divorce, has admitted to an “inappropriate” relationship with a female campaign staffer and apologized to her constituents over the matter.
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Hill, however, has denied having a sexual relationship with her male legislative director, Graham Kelly. The conservative website RedState.org. reported that allegation initially on Oct. 18 and published a nude photo of Hill. The Hill-Kelly relationship was purportedly uncovered by Hill’s husband, Kenny Heslep. There is no proof that an improper relationship between Hill and Kelly — who also worked on her campaign — occurred. The House Ethics Committee is investigating the issue.

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/24/katie-hill-nude-photos-legal-daily-mail-056921

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Rep. Katie Hill threatens legal action over nude photos (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2019 OP

I stand 100% behind Katie. RandySF Oct 2019 #1

That seems to be what got her aide into this mess. :p NCLefty Oct 2019 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2019 #2

I thought the same. JaneQPublic Oct 2019 #14

Am I wierd for not caring that, in the age of the internet, theres nude photos of someone? Volaris Oct 2019 #3

She and her husband were polyamorous. RandySF Oct 2019 #5

Oh, well then I REALLY dont give a shit lol! Volaris Oct 2019 #10

Not to nitpick SCantiGOP Oct 2019 #12

Then they're doing the 'polyamorous' part right lol! Volaris Oct 2019 #13

One of which customerserviceguy Oct 2019 #15

Hill should face consequences if rules were broken uponit7771 Oct 2019 #18

but, but, but, SKIN! Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #9

Honestly, good for her. Just read the Daily Mail article emulatorloo Oct 2019 #4

Until I see the video evidence, I dont believe the accusations. Nt VarryOn Oct 2019 #7

can't always trust video evidence ... Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #8

I dont disagree with you at all.., VarryOn Oct 2019 #11

So that one pic of her smoking a bong is real? Is that legal for a congresswoman? Baclava Oct 2019 #16

The Daily Mail also libelled her by saying she has a Nazi-inspired tattoo on her body, which is Celerity Oct 2019 #17

I have zero sympathy for anyone who takes nude photos with anything that can be connected to the OnDoutside Oct 2019 #19

So I guess you won't be sending us any nudes? SCantiGOP Oct 2019 #20

I think it best for your eyes that I don't ! OnDoutside Oct 2019 #21

*yawn* Is that all Red State's got? Hugin Oct 2019 #22

RandySF

(58,911 posts)

1. I stand 100% behind Katie.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:24 PM

Oct 2019

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)

6. That seems to be what got her aide into this mess. :p

Reply to RandySF (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:52 PM

Oct 2019

I kid I kid :p

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JaneQPublic

(7,113 posts)

14. I thought the same.

Reply to Name removed (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 03:44 AM

Oct 2019

It all really pissed me off... enough to chip in a few bucks for Katie's re-election through ActBlue.

Volaris

(10,272 posts)

3. Am I wierd for not caring that, in the age of the internet, theres nude photos of someone?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:44 PM

Oct 2019

That by itself, doesnt change my opinion of her one whit.

Except that, if it IS really her, now I know that she had an affair.

Again, afsic...big whoop. Maybe I'm too liberal for my own political good.

RandySF

(58,911 posts)

5. She and her husband were polyamorous.

Reply to Volaris (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:50 PM

Oct 2019

Volaris

(10,272 posts)

10. Oh, well then I REALLY dont give a shit lol!

Reply to RandySF (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:07 AM

Oct 2019

That's 2 consenting adults, defining the scope of their own lives, relationship, and interactions together, AS EQUALS. Yeah, I know it makes the Moral Majority's pointy ittle heads explode, but at this point so does fucking MEDICARE. So fuck em.

Welcome to the Democratic Party, Congresswoman. May your stay here be long and productive.

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)

12. Not to nitpick

Reply to Volaris (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:50 AM

Oct 2019

But it was three consenting adults.

Volaris

(10,272 posts)

13. Then they're doing the 'polyamorous' part right lol!

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #12)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:55 AM

Oct 2019

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)

15. One of which

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #12)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 09:21 AM

Oct 2019

was on the payroll of one of the consenting adults. That's against House ethics rules, are we going to use the "well, Trump would do that," as a defense?

I see this seat flipping back to the GOP if Hill doesn't resign or is primaried.

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)

18. Hill should face consequences if rules were broken

Reply to customerserviceguy (Reply #15)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:01 AM

Oct 2019

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,355 posts)

9. but, but, but, SKIN!

Reply to Volaris (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:05 AM

Oct 2019

Children in cages offends me.
Kurds left for slaughter offends me.

Skin? We all have it.

emulatorloo

(44,131 posts)

4. Honestly, good for her. Just read the Daily Mail article

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:46 PM

Oct 2019

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)

7. Until I see the video evidence, I dont believe the accusations. Nt

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:58 PM

Oct 2019

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,355 posts)

8. can't always trust video evidence ...

Reply to VarryOn (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:03 AM

Oct 2019

Deep fakes exist. We're going to have to be cautious about what we believe and what we conclude.

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)

11. I dont disagree with you at all..,

Reply to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:08 AM

Oct 2019

I would Zupruder the hell out of it....

Baclava

(12,047 posts)

16. So that one pic of her smoking a bong is real? Is that legal for a congresswoman?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 09:45 AM

Oct 2019

Just google katie hill bong nude, the pic is there

Celerity

(43,415 posts)

17. The Daily Mail also libelled her by saying she has a Nazi-inspired tattoo on her body, which is

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 09:57 AM

Oct 2019

utter bollocks. She has an Iron Cross that does NOT have a goddamn swastika on it, yet they outrageously showed a version that does have a swastika on it. The Iron Cross has been around for hundreds of years, long before the Nazi's co-opted it. The DM also tried to say that the KKK blood cross is the same as an Iron Cross, which is fucking ludicrous.

From the ADL hate symbol base:

https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/iron-cross

In the United States, however, the Iron Cross also became one of several Nazi-era symbols adopted by outlaw bikers, more to signify rebellion or to shock than for any white supremacist ideology. By the early 2000s, this other use of the Iron Cross had spread from bikers to skateboarders and many extreme sports enthusiasts and became part of the logo of several different companies producing equipment and clothing for this audience. Consequently, the use of the Iron Cross in a non-racist context has greatly proliferated in the United States, to the point that an Iron Cross in isolation (i.e., without a superimposed swastika or without other accompanying hate symbols) cannot be determined to be a hate symbol. Care must therefore be used to correctly interpret this symbol in whatever context in which it may be found.

Skateboard firm logo

Metal band (Motörhead) logo

I hope she sues the fuck out of the DM and wins. It is much easier in the UK to win these types of lawsuits.

OnDoutside

(19,962 posts)

19. I have zero sympathy for anyone who takes nude photos with anything that can be connected to the

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:08 AM

Oct 2019

internet. What she does in her weird and alternate private life is none of my business, but I would question the judgement of anyone being stupid enough to take such risks with those photos.

SCantiGOP

(13,871 posts)

20. So I guess you won't be sending us any nudes?

Reply to OnDoutside (Reply #19)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 10:58 AM

Oct 2019

Just kidding

OnDoutside

(19,962 posts)

21. I think it best for your eyes that I don't !

Reply to SCantiGOP (Reply #20)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:01 PM

Oct 2019

Hugin

(33,164 posts)

22. *yawn* Is that all Red State's got?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 12:11 PM

Oct 2019

Seriously, all of the various scandals of the entire Democratic federal elected and appointed delegation to DC (Including Gabbard) could be stacked end-to-end and they still wouldn't amount to the stench of one single Republican Congressman of your choice.

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