Summary: A woman that sued her ex-boyfriend for hacking her email and Facebook account had the case originally thrown out but an appeals court has allowed it to move forward.
A case where a woman sued an ex-boyfriend for changing her Facebook account but had her case denied for statute of limitations is getting her case looked at it again. Chantay Sewell sued her ex-boyfriend for altering her Facebook profile and then posted spiteful comments about her sexual activities.
The case had been thrown out by Eastern District Judge Arthur Spatt because it passed the statute of limitations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit changed the ruling, citing the unlawful use of her account under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and the Stored Communications Act.
The claims on her email account were rightfully dismissed but the claims on her Facebook were valid. Sewell was involved with her ex-boyfriend from 2002 to 2011. Her email account was with AOL. She never knowingly shared any passwords with her ex-boyfriend.
After the two broke-up, Sewell noticed her AOL password had been changed and her family and friends had been sent an email about sexual activities. Six months later, she was unable to log into her Facebook profile and had posted more comments about her sexual activities.
Verizon Internet Services was able to confirm that his computer accessed her account. She first sued his wife but settled that case in 2013. She then sued him.
Source: http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/home/id=1202733994151
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