Diana Di Meo finds herself in a distressing situation as private photos and videos of her were stolen and shared without her permission, causing her immense emotional turmoil.
The 22-year-old referee hailing from Pescara revealed on Instagram that her personal and explicit content had been taken and circulated on platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram. She took legal action, leading to potential jail time for those responsible for distributing the material without her consent.
Di Meo expressed to the authorities, “I’ve been locked up at home, I’ve been crying and throwing up for two days.”
Aside from being a football official, she is also studying law and disclosed, “These are private videos that have been stolen from me. Someone must have managed to get into my mobile phone. Otherwise, I have no idea how they were taken. I have filed a complaint and the authorities will take care of everything. I thank all the boys and girls who are writing to me from all over Italy.”
She added, “It is a situation that I do not wish on anyone, I am trying to resist but not everyone succeeds. We must report these videos and the people who continue to share these things.”
Continuing, she said, “I’m here to talk about it, many of us can’t do it and hide. I hope to give a voice to all those victims who are blamed, when in reality the culprit is on the other side of the screen.”
“Today the victim is me, tomorrow it could be a person close to those who maybe now are watching the videos and smiling.”
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