'Vengeful' woman posted naked pictures of dad's ex-lover on escort website

A woman has been jailed after she posted nude photos of her father's ex-lover on an escort website. Eleanor Brown was described as "vengeful and vindictive" by a judge after she created an advert on Viva Street.

The 24-year-old included the woman's husband's phone number, causing him to receive a large number of phone calls from men looking to meet up with a sex worker. Brown, of Peel Street, Morley, near Leeds, sent the images to the woman's husband and posted a review on his business page that read: "I contacted this company for a quote, in response I received naked pictures [of his wife]."

Brown pleaded guilty to two counts of disclosing private sexual photographs or films without consent on the sixth day of her trial after messages between her and her sister were discovered.

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Prosecutor Lucy Brown said of the defendant at Leeds Crown Court: "Twelve or 13 years ago, her father had an affair. It was relatively short-lived but involved them exchanging sexual images or videos of one another. Her mother sent the images to the woman's husband and they had a difficult time but managed to move on.

"In 2022, the woman's husband set up a business and an online presence. His mobile number was visible on his Facebook page and his business grew well.

"On August 27 2022, a post was made on his business Facebook page under Eleanor Brown's name. The post was offensive and made a number of comments about his wife. It called her a 'homewrecking s***' and 'tramp'. He reported it and blocked the profile."

The court heard the couple looked at the profile and linked it back to the affair. On August 30, the man was invited to a WhatsApp chat and ignored it and asked Brown's mother to get her to stop contacting him, YorkshireLive reports.

But in September, he received 14 text messages and eight calls from unknown numbers. "He called one back and a man answered, so he asked how he got his number," Ms Brown said. "As a result of that conversation he looked online and found there was an advert on a site called Viva Street.

"He found pictures of his wife and his number. It is a website for escort and sexual services. He made contact with the website and they agreed to take it down and gave him a reference number to allow police to make enquiries."

Brown made posts on a site the man used to advertise his business which included comments about his wife. The prosecutor said "in desperation" he contacted Brown's father but did not hear back. Brown was made aware of the contact.

He then received a number of messages from Brown including images of his wife. Ms Brown added: "She was clearly aware of his efforts to contact her father. She said she had been in contact with his daughter."

The couple's daughter was not aware of the affair that had taken place, the court heard. Brown told the daughter: "I will make sure your mum will never be allowed to forget what she did to my family and wherever she goes, her pictures will be there to follow her."

It was said the next day the man still continued to receive calls and text messages and the advertisement on Viva Street was still visible. He then got a number of WhatsApp messages from Brown, including a link to the song "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" by Celine Dion.

She later sent an intimate video of his wife to him and called him, but he did not answer the phone. Ms Brown said the defendant went on to send audio messages which were "verbally abusive about his wife".

The prosecutor said: "On September 10, he got more messages from her on WhatsApp and as a consequence decided to call the police." The prosecutor claimed it was "clear" Brown worked with her police officer sister Sophie to "compose and upload the advert".

Ms Brown said: "They discussed the title that would be used for the advert and in a message to Eleanor Brown, two descriptions were suggested. Eleanor Brown sent another suggestion.

"The advert required payment and Eleanor Brown said she would pay for it. The account was in her name and linked to her email address. It may not be Eleanor Brown who created the initial advert, but it was registered in her email and she had to access that to publish it. The two of them discussed whether the police would get involved."

In a victim impact statement read to the court, the woman said: "I don't want to have to think about how her actions have affected me. I recall the moment my husband walked through the door - the combination of panic and upset on his face - and recalling the impact of her actions.

"They were my images and she shared them without my permission to unknown people whose sole intent to view them was for sexual gratification. I'm finding it hard to believe a woman would do this to another to make me feel violated the way I do is an understatement.

"There is no control over them now which is why I live in constant fear they will reappear. The control she has over me causes me more anxiety. The hate she had for me over the years is very evident in her actions. I sometimes feel I'm waiting for her next move."

Mitigating, Harry Crowson added: "My submissions may not please those who sit to support her, but the case goes back to before she had any responsibility when she was a child. She wasn't made aware, she discovered the affair and rather than being nurtured and supported, she was chatted down.

"Over the years, the woman existed to her in a bubble. The two of them never met. She became, to Eleanor Brown, a caricature - someone she knew nothing of but of what she was told. The years that followed were not easy years."

Brown had been subjected to domestic violence and had turned to drug use in the past but both issues had since passed. Mr Crowson added: "Over many years, she had to put back together family relationships - particularly hers with her father. In short, Eleanor Brown became a warrior in a war she had not been fighting.

"It is blatant she feels resentment and that is borne out of, perhaps, the wrong places. Resentment to their daughter. She asks now, 'Why as adults do I have to live with this trauma and you do not?' You can see she places blame in the wrong place."

Judge Menary described Brown's offending as "vengeful and vindictive" and she was jailed for three years.

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