West Indies cricketer Lendl Simmons has been ordered by the court to pay 150,000 Trinidad and Tobago dollars in compensation for leaking sexually explicit photographs of Therese Ho, an account executive with whom he had an affair.

The ruling was handed down in the Hall of Justice, Port of Spain yesterday by Justice Frank Seepersad who said there was a disturbing trend to immortalise almost every facet of daily life by taking photographs and uploading them unto social media sites.

He said such activity should also be cautiously reviewed, since the material that is posted may cause a serious compromise to the subject’s personal security as profilers and deviants can predict movements and patterns of behaviours.

According to the report, during the sexual relationship between Lendl Simmons and Ms. Ho, several photographs were taken by them

After their relationship ended some of the photos were allegedly shown to other people, and as a result, Therese Ho filed action, seeking an injunction restraining Mr. Simmons from disseminating the photos.

She also asked that the photos be destroyed and sought compensation for breach of confidence, and aggravated damages.

Ms. Ho, a 24-year-old mother of two, testified that during her relationship with Simmons, which stated in March 2013, she took nude photos of herself and sent them via whatsapp to Simmons phone for his private use when he was out of the country.

Yesterday she welcomed the ruling of the court.

Justice Seepersad found that the thrust of Mr. Simmons’ defence was that it was Ms. Ho who breached any confidentiality that existed in relation to the photos when she showed them to Kabrina and he said she did this as she wanted to disrupt his family life because he had ended the sexual relations that they enjoyed.

The judge noted that in Trinidad, no action can be founded based on the failure to respect the privacy of a person.

(newscentre5)