I deleted this because even though there were aliases, it is a sensitive topic and I didn't want the whole story out in cyberspace forever.
THANKS to everyone for all your help and advice! R told her this afternoon (since he is the one who found it) over IM (we all live hundreds of miles apart) so hopefully everything will work out.
-- Edited by Kelly on Monday 27th of July 2009 04:17:59 PM
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Tell Her! and let her deal with it. If she wants your help on finding out who did it, she'll tell you guys, if not, its up to her on how she wants to deal with it. But for sure, you Have to tell her. and for all you know, she may know about the pics already.
You need to tell your friend B immediately. That is such an invasion of privacy that it's sickening. She should be able to contact the website and get her photo taken down. Or better yet, contact an attorney to get the website to comply. She should also have her attorney send her ex an official letter to scare the hell out of him so that if he has posted any other pictures of her on-line, he takes them down immediately and so that he never does this again.
I think that if you personally confront J, you have no way of knowing if he's posted other photos of B on a different site. He may say he hasn't, but somebody who would do this isn't really somebody you can trust to tell you the truth. I think he needs to know that there are consequences of his actions to get him to comply. He needs to be scared of being sued by B and possibly having criminal charges being brought against him.
I know that this is an uncomfortable situation for you and her friends R, but wouldn't you want to know if it was you?
Confronting J will do more harm than good. You have no proof that he is responsible. I agree that you need to tell J ASAP and then let her figure out how she wants to handle it. If she wants / needs your help, then by all means help out. But she needs to know about this and IMO it's out of respect for her and your friendship that you let her know about this. Good luck!
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