""I will never understand why they did this," one victim told Judge Leonard Brown, saying it "destroyed my innocence.""
"One young woman told Brown "how excruciating it is to bring these feelings up again and again.""
"Another choked back tears as she excoriated one of the defendants for expressing "fake empathy" as girls confided with him about their pain."
"Still another said all of her friends transferred schools, and that she "needed trauma therapy to even walk around my neighborhood.""
Two teenage boys were placed on probation for creating fake nude images of classmates, affecting at least 59 girls. They used images from social media and school photos to create approximately 350 manipulated images. Victims described severe emotional distress, including anxiety, loss of trust, and fear of the images resurfacing. The court proceedings were unusually open, allowing victims to share their experiences. Many expressed feelings of betrayal and trauma, with some requiring therapy due to the incident's impact on their lives.
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