United States: a weather presenter victim of revenge porn fired by his television channel

Erick Adame, weather presenter for Spectrum News NY1 in the United States, has been a victim of revenge porn. He to the point of losing his job in the prestigious New York chain.

It all starts at the beginning of the year, when Erick Adame realizes that several photos have been stolen from him on an adult webcam site. “On this site, I acted out my compulsive behaviors, at home, playing on camera for other men,” he says in an Instagram post.

“It was absurd to think that I could keep this a secret,” he adds today. Because in March, several of these photos are sent to his employer. Packages with photos are sent anonymously to his superiors. Same with the mother of the daily weather presenter. This summer, Spectrum News receives new photos.

“I have certain responsibilities”

Last week, during the last shipment of these compromising images, the New York chain decided to fire him. “I had the dream job and I lost it due to my own lack of criteria,” he laments today.

“As long as it appears published; I recognize that I have certain responsabilités (…) more than I am going to be an excuse for ouvertement homosexuel (…). -they have.

After this dismissal, Erick Adame tells his story on Instagram that accumulates more than 14,000 reactions. “I apologize to the chain’s employees, my schools, my audience, my family and my friends,” he confesses. The stars of the Big Apple then mobilize to defend the presenter, according to the New York Times.

filed a complaint

The actress of the series. sex and the cityCynhia Nixon lent her support, as did Congresswoman Yuh-Line Niou and New York City Councilmember Erik Bottcher. This episode opened the debate on the surveillance of employers on employees. In addition, the weather presenter said that he was seeking “psychiatric treatment” for “compulsive behavior” that led him to produce these photos.

He asks other news channel executives around the country to hire him “on the hundreds of hours of television that I’m very proud of and not on a few minutes of a sex tape.”

On Monday, Erick Adame filed a complaint in New York state to force the web host of the photos to reveal the perpetrator of the revenge porn.