MANILA - The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) confirmed on Thursday that it is investigating those who uploaded naked photos of actress Marjorie Barretto on the Internet.
NBI Cybercrime Division head agent Ronald Aguto said uploaders of Barretto’s naked photos could be charged with violation of Republic Act 9995 or the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act of 2009.
“Our objective is to find out who uploaded the pictures. In the law, it is not just the one who first uploaded. You could be the second, third or whatever, but as long as you upload on the Internet, you are liable,” he told radio dzMM.
Aguto said the NBI Cybercrime Division has received many complaints about individuals whose former partners posted sexy pictures or videos of them online.
Violators of the Anti-Voyeurism Law could face imprisonment of up to seven years and a fine of P500,000.
Barretto earlier confirmed that the woman in the sexy photos is her, adding that the leak of the photos which were taken years ago was meant to shame her.
“Those were done para masira ako pero I’m not going to give anybody the power to do that to me. Hindi ako papayag na [gawin nila ulit sa akin iyon],” she said in an interview on ABS-CBN program “The Buzz.”
