Case of teens charged in naked photo ring casts shadow over Nova Scotia town
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — This small Nova Scotia town is reckoning with the long shadow of a criminal prosecution involving so many of its children.
Under a national spotlight because of an intimate photo ring that ensnared more than two dozen teenagers — some as young as 13 — Bridgewater is now trying to find a way to move on.
On Wednesday, a judge handed conditional discharges to six young men who had shared 19 girls’ images on Dropbox without consent.
But in his decision, Judge Paul Scovil implicitly acknowledged the case’s profound impact on the town — and chastised those who gossiped about the girls.