Tag: March 2016 sex tape scandal

16 detained in Georgia for spreading compromising video of ruling party politician on social media

February 1, 2019 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia detained 16 persons on Friday after compromising videos were spread on social media showing a well-known politician from the ruling Georgian Dream party. The detainees, who include two opposition activists and a popular singer, are charged with keeping and distributing videos depicting someone’s private life. The opposition immediately criticized the government, … Read more

No-one has been charged in Georgian sex tape scandal

May 9, 2016 by DFWatch staff

shotadze-3_b4418 — Irakli Shotadze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s top prosecutor says no-one is charged in the case of four compromising sex videos of politicians which were posted on the Internet.

Speaking at a conference about juvenile justice reform on Friday, Chief Prosecutor

Georgian sex tape scandal continues, another video threat posted online

April 12, 2016 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–One more Georgian sex video was posted on the Internet on Tuesday.

The clip was sent to a media outlet; the same delivery method as the previous three times. This time, the website news.ge received an email with a video depicting

Demand for tougher regulation of surveillance following sex tapes scandal

April 5, 2016 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Organizations that are members of the campaign This Affects You Too on Monday called on the government to take measures to rein in the use of secret surveillance and wiretapping.

The groups also demand the resignation of Chief Prosecutor

Sex tapes were not uploaded from Georgia: Prosecutor

April 1, 2016 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Chief Prosecutor’s Office claims three sex tapes posted to the Internet in order to threaten politicians were not uploaded from Georgia.

Mamuka Vasadze, Deputy Chief Prosecutor, said at a briefing on Friday that investigators are currently

New Georgian sex tape posted online

March 31, 2016 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–One more sex tape was uploaded to Youtube on Thursday, targeting a Georgian politician.

The video was posted on the personal Facebook pages of a journalist and an actor and later removed.

The police questioned actor Beso Zanguri. Journalist

Georgian official blames Russia for sex tape scandal

March 30, 2016 by DFWatch staff

levan_Izoria — Levan Izoria. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A deputy head of the Georgian counterintelligence on Monday hinted that Russia could be behind leaked surveillance videos recently used to threaten government members, although he did not rule out any theory. The videos were uploaded

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Georgian Orthodox Church calls sex-tape blackmail malice

March 23, 2016 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Orthodox Church said in a statement Tuesday that the publishing of sex-tapes in the media is ‘deliberate malice.’

Two videos were recently published on Youtube, showing well-known Georgians engaging in sex. The tapes

More people charged in Georgia sex tape scandal

March 16, 2016 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office Saturday evening arrested two persons for illegally storing and spreading videos depicting individuals in intimate settings.