Authorities Arrest Maryland Mayor on Charges of Distributing at Least 50 Counts of Revenge Porn

Police arrested Andrew Bradshaw — Mayor of Cambridge, Maryland — on Monday and charged him with 50 counts of distributing revenge pornography.

WBAL-TV reported that the state’s Revenge Porn Statute “prohibits the nonconsensual distribution of a private visual representation of another which exposes their intimate body parts or displays them engaged in sexual activity, with the intent to harm, harass, intimidate, threaten or coerce the person depicted.”

Charging documents, which were filed in the Dorchester County Circuit Court on Monday morning, alleged that Bradshaw “created multiple accounts on the public internet forum Reddit” in order to share nude photographs of a person with whom he had previously engaged in a sexual relationship.

WJZ-TV reported that Bradshaw is accused of publishing the name and birthdate of the victim and shared the photos to forums “related to sex, humiliation, degradation, and race.”

The charging document further alleged that Bradshaw digitally shared the images without the knowledge or consent of his purported victim and with the intent to harm her.

According to a report from MyEasternShoreMD, Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton Howard said that his office is dedicated to the victims of those people who abuse positions of power.

Howard said that Bradshaw is accused of sharing the photos of the unnamed victim, captioned with “racial slurs and sexually explicit language.”

If convicted on all charges, Bradshaw could face a maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment and a $5,000 fine for each count of distributing revenge pornography.

A notice on Cambridge’s website said: “The City is aware of the matter involving the Mayor. The City is currently gathering information and will cooperate fully with the Maryland State Police and the Office of the State Prosecutor. As the City has a Council-Manager form of municipal government whereby the City Manager serves as the chief executive officer of the City and the head of its administrative branch, the business of the City is unaffected. As this is an active legal matter, no further comments will be made at this time.”

This is an excerpt from TheBlaze.