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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Rohrlich

Civil War reenactors’ love triangle ends in revenge porn and $10.5 million federal lawsuit

An adulterous situation that played out among three members of the Civil War reenactment community is now being taken up in federal court - (Getty Images)

A Civil War reenactor in Tennessee is facing a $10.5 million lawsuit after exposing an alleged years-long affair between her reenactor husband and another woman in their traveling Civil War troupe, allegedly emailing explicit photos and videos of the two lovers to the rest of the group’s members, who subsequently expelled the pair over their extramarital affair.

A civil complaint obtained by The Independent says Dr. Lisa Twark’s dissemination of the salacious material violated revenge porn laws, invaded her romantic rival’s privacy and caused her to suffer “mental injury, including but not limited to emotional distress, shame, depression, anxiety, and more.”

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