Denise Van Outen has revealed she was a victim of revenge porn after being filmed when she was 15 years old.
Denise Van Outen
The former 'EastEnders' actress, now 47, has alleged a former boyfriend - referred to only as 'Mike' - claimed he had an intimate video of her as a teenager, and he failed to sell the tape to a newspaper in 1990s because the date revealed she was under the legal age of consent in the UK.
Detailing the incident in her autobiography 'A Bit Of Me: From Basildon To Broadway And Back', Denise wrote: "Revenge porn is talked about a lot these days, but it wasn’t a widespread term back then.
"Looking back, Mike could be manipulative – cruel, even. We dated for over a year and in the end Mike was the boy I lost my virginity to."
The tape emerged years later, and her ex was questioned by police who found recordings of other girls.
Although the case went to court, he was not jailed, while he was warned by the judge that he would be sent to prison if any of tapes went public.
Denise continued: "Revenge porn is talked about a lot these days, but it wasn’t a widespread term back then.
"Looking back, Mike could be manipulative – cruel, even. We dated for over a year and in the end Mike was the boy I lost my virginity to."
Elsewhere in her book the former 'Strictly Come Dancing' contestant has opened up on her break-up from fiancé Eddie Boxshall in January after seven years together after she discovered that he had been sexting and messaging other women behind her back.
She claimed she found photos and Instagram messages on his iPad, including "a screenshot of a woman's breasts".
As well as claiming he went out with another woman on a day he said he was in London for business, she found messages suggesting "phone sex" with a third woman, whom she decided to contact.
She added: "To me, sexual chats and continued communication over a long period of time amount to cheating."
While she confronted him about the women, he denied any wrongdoing, and she told him to leave their home.
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