A Missouri Cop Stole a Woman’s Nude Photos During a Traffic Stop, Lawsuit Claims
A former Florissant, Missouri police officer is facing accusations that he pulled over a woman during traffic stops and stole nude photos off her cell phone—and allegedly committed similar offenses against at least seven other women.
A lawsuit filed this week by one of the women alleges that Julian Alcala, then an officer with the Florissant Police Department pulled over a woman—identified only as “G.E.S.”—for a broken taillight on two separate occasions earlier this year. During these stops, Alcala asked for G.E.S.’s proof of insurance. When she told him it was on her cell phone, he took her phone back to his car, where he searched her phone for nude photos. When he found them, he took photos of them with his own cell phone and later distributed these photos to others.
The lawsuit states that there are at least seven other victims of similar thefts of intimate photos. While Alcala is no longer employed with the Florissant Police Department according to local news station KOMU, it is unclear whether he resigned or was fired.Â
G.E.S.’s lawsuit argues that Alcala obviously and grossly violated her constitutional rights to privacy.
“The right to privacy is embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment and includes an individual’s interest in avoiding disclosures of personal matters. The obtaining of G.E.S.’s pictures and the dissemin
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