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Statutes: Virgin Islands, U.S.

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Updated: 
December 5, 2024

1033. Non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images

(a) A person commits non-consensual dissemination of private sexual images when the person:

(1) purposely, and with the intent to harass, intimidate, threaten, coerce, or cause harm to the emotional, financial, or physical welfare of the depicted person, disseminates an image of a person:

(A) who is 18 years of age and older;

(B) who is identifiable from the image itself or information displayed in connection with the image; and

(C) who is engaged in a sexual act or whose intimate parts are exposed, in whole or in part;

(2) obtains the image when a reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and

(3) knows or should have known that the person in the image has not consented to the dissemination of the images.

Consent to the recording of the visual image does not by itself constitute consent for the disclosure or dissemination of the image.

(b) The statute of limitation for filing a criminal complaint for a violation of this subchapter is two years from the date the victim becomes aware of the dissemination of the images.