Jail time for posting sex video 

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BRANDON — A Brandon man who uploaded pornography of his ex-fiancée to a website without her consent has been sentenced to nine months in jail.

The 36-year-old was found guilty in a Brandon courtroom by provincial court Judge Shauna Hewitt-Michta last year and was sentenced Feb. 13. In addition to the sentence, which includes two years of probation, the man must register on the sex-offender registry for 20 years.

A court-imposed publication ban intended to protect the identity of the victim prohibits the man from being named.

The victim testified during the trial she learned that intimate videos of her and her former partner had been posted on Pornhub when she was sent a link by the accused in August 2020. She testified she had consented to filming the videos but did not consent to them being posted online.

The man pleaded not guilty, and his lawyer argued the accused had uploaded the video for safekeeping and personal storage.

“Uploading imagery to a website that aims to facilitate users sharing pornographic videos for safekeeping and personal use only stretches the imagination,” Hewitt-Michta said in April.

— Brandon Sun