Amber Frey Files Lawsuit Over Nude Photos
The former girlfriend of murder suspect Scott Peterson has filed a $6 million against a pornography broker for posting nude and seminude photos of her on his Web site, according to the Modesto Bee.
The newspaper reports that Frey, in a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, accuses David Hans Schmidt of posting photos of her on his pay-for-use Web site without her permission.
Schmidt's Arizona-based public relations and production company, which carries his name, also is named in the lawsuit, which alleges misappropriation of Frey's name and likeness, unlawful or misleading advertising, invasion of privacy, and negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Schmidt has said he purchased the photos from the photographer earlier this year and attempted to sell them to Larry Flynt for publication in the pornographic magazine Hustler. Schmidt posted them on his Web site in September.
At no time did Frey "license or authorize the use of her photographs by any defendant or any other person," the lawsuit states.
Frey is seeking to have a court forbid the sale or use of the photographs and require all negatives, reproductions and copies confiscated and destroyed.
Schmidt could not be reached for comment by the Modesto Bee on Tuesday. In earlier interviews he has said he had a legally binding model release for the photos.
"I hope she sues," Schmidt said in September.
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