Ridgewood, NJ, High School Nude Photo Scandal; Students Investigated For Online Pic-Swapping Ring
By Staff Reporter on March 14, 2013 11:55 AM EDT
A high school in northern New Jersey is giving its students until Monday morning to delete nude photos of themselves and other classmates or they will face criminal charges.
Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, N.J., is in the midst of a police investigation after a number of female students sent nude photos to a male classmate. The photos, unbeknownst to the females, were posted online for other classmates to see.
Several students and parents told the Ridgewood Patch that multiple Ridgewood students sent the photos using the Snapchat application. The app is supposed to delete photos between two and ten seconds after the picture is sent to the other person. This has led to the social media site being used more frequently for sexting, which is the sending and receiving illicit photos.
The scenario turned into a girl’s worst nightmare as an unidentified male student took screenshots of the nude photos and proceeded to create and post the photos on an Instagram account. Once the photos were put on the site, it began being passed and shared online.
“Everybody got it in 10 minutes,” one unnamed student said. “They show their faces right in the picture, so you know it’s them. It’s so dumb.
Does the unidentified male student play a sport …?
If so, will there be a suspension….??