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A woman has sued Yahoo! for $US3 million ($A3.94 million), alleging that company has failed to fulfill a promise to remove nude pictures of her from the web.
Cecilia Barnes, 48, in a lawsuit filed last Tuesday in Multnomah County, claims an ex-boyfriend began posting unauthorised personal profiles of her containing the photos in December. The profiles included her email address and work phone number.
The former boyfriend also engaged in online discussions in Yahoo! chatrooms while posing as Ms Barnes and directing men to the profiles, the lawsuit claims.
"Due to these profiles and online chats, unknown men would arrive without warning at plaintiff's work expecting to engage in sexual relations with her," the lawsuit claims.
Ms Barnes sent Yahoo! a letter in January saying she did not create the profiles and wanted them removed. Additional attempts to get Yahoo! to remove them in February and March did not get a response, the lawsuit claims.
A Yahoo! spokeswoman declined to comment, saying the company did not comment on pending litigation.
seems odd that yahoo wouldn't close the profiles... and it's also a pretty heavy burden to place on yahoo, by putting the blame on them for this guy's behavior. will be interesting to see how it plays plays out in court.