A Grayson County man has admitted to posting thousands of pictures of local girls and women on a pornography website.
The social media firestorm began Sunday afternoon when someone discovered that Zackery Robinson had posted the photos of clothed women and girls on the porn site, motherless.com (some people have stated that nude photos of Grayson County girls/women have also been posted on the site, but K105 has not been able verify that claim).
The photos include pictures culled mostly from Facebook pages, but there have been reports of photos being taken from other social media sites as well.
After being confronted online, Robinson posted the following statement (since deleted) on his Facebook page (unedited by K105):
“Okay I’m getting something out there I did something when I was young list access to an yes photos of people females I know ss put on a porn site and I’ve been trying to get access to delete and have contacted the site to get deleted and to all that involved I’m going be sending you messages and apologizing b3cause I was young and stupid and I’m sorry”
(A screenshot of the post can be found below.)
The subterfuge that Robinson committed the acts “when (he) was young” failed to succeed in gaining sympathy and/or understanding, though, as many of the photos were posted by the victims on their Facebook pages in the last month, and in some cases, as few as two weeks ago.
The Grayson County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook late Sunday night the following statement:
The Grayson County Sheriffs Office is well aware of the individual posting pictures of women and children on the porn web site. We have been in contact with the person and have coordinated the assistance of the Kentucky State Police and the Leitchfield PD. I can assure you that this person will be held accountable for any laws broken. The investigation is ongoing.
Posting a possible address of where this person “may” live is just wrong? What if he never lived there? What if he/she moved and someone else moved in? What if someone goes there to hurt him/her and it’s the wrong house? There are so many things that could go south very quickly! Please do not post “possible” addresses of where this person “may” live. It will do more harm than good.
Cyberstalking
The federal law concerning cyberstalking is 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2), and appears to be the relevant statute.
The federal statute “provides that it’s unlawful for any person to engage in a course of conduct through electronic communication that makes another individual reasonably fear death or serious bodily harm to themselves or another (including a pet or service animal). The behavior may also be illegal if it causes or could cause ‘substantial emotional distress.’ A course of conduct means two or more acts suggesting that the individual has or will continue the behavior.”
“For a person’s actions to be considered cyberstalking under federal law, they must have carried them out with the intent to:
- Kill,
- Harass,
- Injure,
- Intimidate, or
- Surveil the other with the intent to do any of the above.”
K105 will have more information on this story as it becomes available.
(Photo: Zackery Robinson)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
