Legislation has been filed in response to a Caneyville man posting thousands of photos of women and girls from Grayson County on a pornography website.
Leitchfield Republican Samara Heavrin filed House Bill 836 after 31-year-old Zackery Robinson culled photos from Facebook and other social media sites and posted the pictures on motherless.com.
He was confronted online about the photos on May 4, 2025, which resulted in an investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office and Kentucky State Police.
He is currently lodged in the Grayson County Detention Center.
The legislation filed by Heavrin would criminalize malicious, nonconsensual distribution of images on the internet.
“Many people from my district were victims of this kind of exploitation last year, and, currently, there is no law preventing someone from taking a public photo off the internet and reposting it with the intent to harm the person depicted,” Heavrin said. “In this digital age, changes must be made to protect Kentuckians from this kind of harm.”
Images posted maliciously and without consent of the person depicted, with the intent to sexually gratify or arouse viewers, degrade or exploit the person depicted, or encourage online comments of a sexual, abusive, physically violent, or otherwise illegal nature toward the person depicted, are outlawed in HB 836, according to Heavrin’s office.
This measure would not apply to internet service providers or online platforms, but rather to the person distributing the images. HB 836 also clarifies that “consent” for images to be taken does not equate “consent” for such images to be posted online.
“I want to lead the charge in protecting all Kentuckians from these crimes and prevent them from happening in the future,” Heavrin said.
The bill was sent to the House Judiciary Committee on March 10.
For more information on HB 836, please visit legislature.ky.gov or click here.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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