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The Nikki Catsouras photographs controversy concerns the leaked photographs of Nicole 'Nikki' Catsouras (March 4, 1988 – October 31, 2006), who died at the age of 18 in a high speed car crash after losing control of a Porsche 911 Carrera, which belonged to her father, and colliding with a toll booth in Lake Forest, California. Photographs of Catsouras' badly disfigured body were published on the internet, leading her family to take legal action due to the distress this caused.
Background[edit]
Circumstances of the accident[edit]
On the date of the accident, October 31, 2006, Catsouras and her parents ate lunch together at the family home in Ladera Ranch. After lunch, her father, Christos Catsouras, left for work while her mother remained at home. Around 10 minutes later, her mother heard a door shut along with footsteps out the back door. As she walked toward the garage, she was able to see her daughter reversing out of the driveway in her father's Porsche 911 Carrera — a car she was not allowed to drive.[1] Her mother called her father, who began driving around trying to find his daughter.[1] While doing so, he called 9-1-1 for assistance, apparently minutes before the accident, and was put on hold. When he was taken off hold, the dispatcher informed him of the accident.
Accident[edit]
Catsouras was traveling on the 241 Toll Road in Lake Forest at approximately 1:38 pm, when she clipped a Honda Civic that she was attempting to pass on the right at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).[2] The Porsche crossed the road's broad median, which lacks a physical barrier on that segment, and crashed into an unmanned concrete toll booth near the Alton Parkway interchange. The Porsche was destroyed, and Catsouras was killed on impact. Toxicological tests revealed traces of cocaine in Catsouras' body, but no alcohol.[1]
Leaked photographs[edit]
According to Newsweek, the Catsouras 'accident was so gruesome the coroner wouldn't allow her parents to identify their daughter's body'.[1] However, photographs of the scene of Catsouras' death were taken by California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers as part of standard fatal traffic collision procedures. These photographs were then forwarded to colleagues, and were leaked onto the Internet.
Two CHP employees, Aaron Reich and Thomas O'Donnell, admitted to releasing the photographs in violation of CHP policy. O'Donnell later stated in interviews that he only sent the photos to his own e-mail account for viewing at a later time, while Reich stated that he had forwarded the pictures to four other people.[3] Catsouras' parents soon discovered the photographs posted online. The pictures had gained much attention, including a fake MySpace tribute website that contained links to the photographs.[3] People also anonymously e-mailed copies of the photos to the Catsouras family with misleading subject headers, in one case captioning the photo sent to the father with the words 'Woohoo Daddy! Hey daddy, I'm still alive.'[1] This led the Catsouras family to withdraw from Internet use and, concerned that their youngest daughter might be taunted with the photographs, to begin homeschooling her.[3]
The online harassment aspects of the case were covered by Werner Herzog in his 2016 documentary Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World.
Legal action by the family[edit]
The Catsouras family sued the California Highway Patrol and the two dispatch supervisors allegedly responsible for leaking the photographs in the Superior Court of California for Orange County. Initially, a judge ruled that it would be appropriate to move forward with the family's legal case against the CHP for leaking the photographs.[3]
An internal investigation led the CHP to issue a formal apology and took action to prevent similar occurrences in the future, after discovering that departmental policy had been violated by the two dispatch supervisors responsible for the leakage of the photographs.[3] O'Donnell was suspended for 25 days without pay, and Reich quit soon after, 'for unrelated reasons', according to his lawyer.[1] However, when the defendants moved for summary judgment, Judge Steven L. Perk dismissed the case against the Department of the California Highway Patrol after both Reich and O'Donnell were removed as defendants. Judge Perk ruled that the two were not under any responsibility for protecting the privacy of the Catsouras family, effectively ending the basis for the case. The superior court judge who dismissed the Catsouras' case ruled in March 2008 that while the dispatchers' conduct was 'utterly reprehensible',[1] there was no law that allowed it to be punishable.
The CHP sent websites 'cease and desist' notices in an effort to get the photos off the Internet. The Catsouras family hired ReputationDefender to help remove the photos, but they continue to spread. ReputationDefender estimates that it has persuaded websites to remove 2,500 instances of the photos, but accepts that removing them from the Internet completely is impossible.[4] Attorney and blogger Ted Frank wrote that even though the media were sympathetic to the parents' plight, 'the Streisand effect has resulted in far more dissemination of the gruesome photos'.[5]
On February 1, 2010, it was reported that the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District had reversed Judge Perk's grant of summary judgment, and instead ruled that the Catsouras family did have the right to sue the defendants for negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Calling the actions of O'Donnell and Reich 'vulgar' and 'morally deficient', the court stated:
We rely upon the CHP to protect and serve the public. It is antithetical to that expectation for the CHP to inflict harm upon us by making the ravaged remains of our loved ones the subject of Internet sensationalism ... O'Donnell and Reich owed the plaintiffs a duty not to exploit CHP-acquired evidence in such a manner as to place them at foreseeable risk of grave emotional distress.[6][7]
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On May 25, 2011, the California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District ruled that Aaron Reich failed to prove that e-mailing the photographs is covered by the First Amendment. Reich claimed that he e-mailed the photographs as a caution about the dangers of drunk driving because he e-mailed the pictures with an anti-drunk driving message, despite Catsouras' postmortem examination revealing a blood alcohol content of zero. The three-justice panel that reviewed Reich's appeal wrote, 'Any editorial comments that Reich may have made with respect to the photographs are not before us. In short, there is no evidence at this point that the e-mails were sent to communicate on the topic of drunk driving.' The justices questioned whether the recipients still retained the e-mails, but Reich's attorney conceded that they had not investigated this.[8]
On January 30, 2012, the CHP reached a settlement with the Catsouras family, under which the family received around $2.37 million in damages. CHP spokeswoman Fran Clader commented: 'No amount of money can compensate for the pain the Catsouras family has suffered. We have reached a resolution with the family to save substantial costs of continued litigation and a jury trial. It is our hope that with this legal issue resolved, the Catsouras family can receive some closure.'[9]
References[edit]
- ^ abcdefgBennett, Jessica (April 24, 2009). 'One Family's Fight Against Grisly Web Photos'. Newsweek. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^Police, fire and court briefs from around Orange County, Orange County Register November 2, 2006. . Retrieved July 26, 2011.
- ^ abcdeA Family's Nightmare: Accident Photos of Their Beautiful Daughter Released.ABC News.
- ^Goffard, Christopher. Gruesome death photos are at the forefront of an Internet privacy battle, Los Angeles Times May 15, 2010. (accessed July 17, 2011)
- ^Frank, Ted (May 10, 2010). 'Catsouras v. Department of California Highway Patrol'. Point of Law. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ^'Full text of 2010 ruling from California Courts of Appeal'(PDF). 2010-01-29. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- ^Court: CHP Officers Who Put Teen's Decapitation Photos on Internet Were 'Vulgar' and 'Morally Deficient', OC Weekly February 1, 2010. . Retrieved February 2, 2010.
- ^Hardesty, Greg (May 27, 2011). 'CHP dispatcher loses appeal over grisly Catsouras photos'. The Orange County Register. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
- ^Rojas, Rick (January 31, 2012). 'CHP settles over leaked photos of woman killed in crash'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
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Just days after 18 year old Nikki Catsuras’s death in a horrifying car crash in 2006, her father received an email with a picture of the bloody accident scene and the caption “Woohoo! Hey daddy, I’m still alive!”
A cruel trick involving nine gruesome images of the very graphic accident spread on the net and a fake Myspace page set up in Nikki’s name where she was called a “stupid bitch”. Commentors wrote things like, “That spoiled rich girl deserved it” and “What a waste of a Porsche”.
How did the images get leaked in to the Net? Read story here
Tributes.
The following are some tributes posted on social media to honor the life and the legacy of the deceased.
Kelly Ann Tierney wrote
April 25, 2011 · Shared with Public
I came across that photo on accident when I was reading up on DUI crashes (I know hers wasn’t a DUI accident) and it made me sick that people would taunt her family with those pictures. What kind of people could be so sick! If that were me, that would destroy my family, it is so appalling. God bless her family!
Costa Boutis wrote
Thanks for adding me,what a tragedy ,I know no amount of money will bring Nikki back ,but I hope this teaches a lesson and hopefully the Catsouras family can get on with their lives in peace!
Patrick Joesph wrote
I am so very sorry,i disagree,Nikki was just a youngwoman,thinking was not first,she is in my heart ,and I ask god to love and protect her everyday,Please tell her mom,she is not forgotten,I think of sweet NIKKI everyday,My SWEET Nicole Desiree Phillips was murdered in Tipton California Dec 30 2007,In y heart Nicole is Nikkis big sister.I love all of Nikkies family,with all my heart.Please dont worry,Nicole is her bigger sister.I hope we can be friends,I want you to hav en=-my phonenumber,I wil explain nICOLE,AND INTRODUCE YOU TO HER FAMILY.i LOVE YOU ALL.
Marilyn Datz wrote
Nikki’s original story aired on 20/20 the same night that my daughter’s aired. Each had thier own segment. Bless her heart. Go to:JUSTICE FOR LINDSAY BRASHIER: EXTRIDITE EVELYN MEZZICH FROM PERU, and go scroll backwards to read all the articles. Yes, it is something…both Nikki and Lindsay.
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