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B.C. market to pay $750,000 over washroom videos that ended up on Russian porn site
The B.C. Supreme Court awarded $85,000 each to five women and required the defendant to transfer all recordings and copyrights to the plaintiffs.
- On Dec. 8, the B.C. Supreme Court ordered Red Barn at Mattick's Ltd. to pay $750,000 to settle a voyeurism class-action brought by Jennifer Burke and Mallory Colter.
- Matthew Schwabe secretly filmed women in the Saanich market washroom, police began investigating in 2016, and Schwabe pleaded guilty in 2021 to recording eight women and publishing images of nine.
- The court specified payments include $85,000 each for five women, $25,000 for one, and $15,000 to Burke and Colter from the $750,000 settlement.
- A ruling orders Matthew Schwabe to hand over all recordings to the plaintiffs and declares `copyright worldwide` over the material assigned to them.
- Victims not yet identified may receive compensation as legal fees are reduced by $25,000 for each additional victim identified, and the plaintiffs are donating a portion of their settlements to charity.
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