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YouTuber becomes first in U.K. to win civil damages in revenge porn case

American YouTube star Chrissy Chambers has made legal history in the United Kingdom by becoming the first victim of revenge pornography ever to win civil damages in a public settlement.

American YouTube star Chrissy Chambers has made legal history in the United Kingdom by becoming the first victim of revenge pornography to win civil damages in a public settlement.

"To every victim of this insidious kind of attack, I am here to say: You can fight back and win. You will heal and move on – and you will not have to take those steps alone,” Chambers said in a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

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Chambers and her partner, Bria Kam, are two of the most popular lesbian content creators on YouTube with a combined one million-odd subscribers. But before coming out, Chambers had a British boyfriend who recorded videos of him having sex with her without her knowledge or consent, and posted them online years after they broke up.

In response, Chambers and Kam waged a very public battle against revenge pornography, which they documented on their YouTube channel. And the fight was long and dragged out over years of legal struggles — on both sides of the Atlantic.

On the heels of her landmark victory, Chambers spoke exclusively to VICE News about her story.

This segment originally aired January 17, 2018 on VICE News Tonight on HBO.