Porn as a violation of civil rights. [View All]

[Senior citizen]

Just for the sake of discussion, let's imagine that some schoolboys watch a porn video and, needing money, decide that they can make one and sell it. So they find a girl in school they think is weak and vulnerable, perhaps somewhat retarded, force her to act out what they saw in the video, and they film it with the intention of selling the film for profit. But they get caught. They are subject to criminal charges for assault, but as minors probably won't be too severely punished. Their defense is that it was consensual and the girl is too deeply traumatized to testify, so after viewing the video, the judge/jury isn't certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that the girl didn't consent, and are lenient with the boys. If it happened in school, the girl might also have a civil cause of action against the school and its officials. BUT, just suppose that a copy of the video the boys made somehow gets out, and becomes a top seller, making lots of money for whoever distributes it. Is the girl harmed by the distribution of the film? Does she have a cause of action against the distributor?