Mark it on the calendar. Jenelle Evans' latest scandal actually leaves her looking like the good guy. The fact that it revolves around yet more nude photos of the Teen Mom 2 star doesn't change that.
Evans' troubles are numerous, and largely of her own making. But when James Duffy threatened on Twitter (in a tweet that has since been removed, although retweets remain) to release photos of her pleasuring herself and in other rather delicate positions, it's pretty clear who has crossed the line.
James Duffy is the creep, and Jenelle is the victim.
Yes, victims can have a long history of trouble with the law, an assorted collection of mugshots, and a rotating place on tabloid covers for scandals. A sordid past doesn't mean anyone has the right to threaten to take their private photos public.
Should Jenelle have allowed someone to take photos of her giving a guy a blow job? Probably not. But the fact that Jenelle has admitted these photos exist (she claims were stolen from boyfriend Kieffer Delp's phone) doesn't change anything. She deserves our sympathy right now.
Duffy is a former boss of Jenelle's, one she's been battling in court for months. Both have had the other charged with cyberstalking, and she's said in the past (through her lawyer) that she's afraid of Duffy and what he might do to her.
Most of what Duffy has done is mock her online and come to the defense of anyone who is on Jenelle's bad side. Just this week he stuck his nose into the court drama between Jenelle and ex-fiance Gary Head, proclaiming Gary "innocent" despite any actual solution in court.
It's childish. It's ridiculous. But like it or not, that comes with celebrity. Threatening to release naked photos of her on the other hand, crosses that threshold from "price of being in the public" to "complete invasion of privacy."
Do you have any sympathy for Jenelle right now?
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I don't feel bad for her at all, she doesn't learn and therefore will continue to be a moron fuck up....
She is an ADULT. She can take these pictures if she wants to! It's not like she's thirteen with naked pictures of herself. I'm willing to bet a lot of couples do this. I would do it for my husband if he asked and I would have done it before we got married, too. If this was about some random woman whose boss was threatening her with pictures he STOLE FROM HER BOYFRIEND'S PHONE you people would be up in arms, saying he should be in jail just for threatening it. This author has it right. Despite the fact that Jenella has made mistakes, she does not deserve this just for taking private pictures for her boyfriend.
This guy is a freaking creep and you guys are all jerks.
No one has a right to post nude pictures of another on public websites without the persons consent, it doesnt matter what she has done in the past. She has done some pretty terrible things but still doesnt mean someone can just do that without consent. Duffy is a loser pure and simple and sounds like a real jerk to me. Let him post one picture and see what happens then, he will go to jail, that would be considered pornography. She is in no way a saint, but then seriously, who really is? Im not and anyone who says they are, are simply liars. No one is perfect "show me a perfect person and I will show you a perfect liar" We all do wrong at times or things we are not proud of, that doesnt mean we deserve to be treated that way. Dig deep enough into Duffy's past and Im sure you will find something that he isnt too proud of either that im sure he wouldnt want plastered all over a public website. What a sick freak
I see it as a lesson learned (hopefully).. if you know you have thousands of fans and haters, and are constantly on camera and tv, then you probably shouldn't put yourself in the position to be screwed over. Yeah, I have indecent pictures, but I have my life under contro and don't share them. I don't have sympathy for her but if it were MY child, then I would.. along with some anger and a long lecture. Although I do think any leaked pictures, celeb or not is a total invasion of privacy.