When it comes to potential damages that Chyna could receive, Goldberg says, “We are talking about millions upon millions.”
The situation is obviously magnified because of the duo’s celebrity, says Goldberg, who notes that every single one of Kardashian’s nearly 10 million Instagram followers has the capability to download or screenshot the photos, and re-post them — though she strongly cautions that anybody who does further disseminate the pictures could, in some states, face criminal liability too.
She adds that Kardashian’s claims of infidelity are also irrelevant should he be arrested.
“For anybody to seize the sexual privacy of another person, no matter who that person is, or how they may have voluntarily exposed themselves in the past, nobody has that right,” says Goldberg. “Nobody has the right to take control of someone else’s sexual privacy. When we’re talking about revenge porn, we’re talking about consent and control. And he took control away and his act of posting the images was without consent.”
Chyna’s rep did not immediately comment, but a source close to the reality star said that she is the victim in this situation: “She’s had to have a new phone number every month and constantly has to change her number. While everyone is writing stories and thinking it’s fun gossip, it’s actually dangerous.”
Kardashian and Chyna first began dating in January 2016, and got engaged that April. A month later, they announced they were expecting their first child. The two welcomed their daughter, Dream Renée, last November.
WHO's sister publication PEOPLE confirmed the two had called off their engagement in February, and in the months since, the status of their relationship has remained unclear, though the two appeared to have been on relatively good terms.