After relationship turned sour, her nude photo, name and number were posted on sex work site

Lester was ultimately found liable under Nova Scotia’s Intimate Images and Cyber-protection Act. He was ordered to pay Williams $45,000 in damages plus $4,000 in court costs for posting the image and advertising her for sex work without her knowledge or permission in the summer of 2022.  

“He did so in an effort to harass and intimidate her following the demise of their romantic relationship,” wrote Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Joshua Arnold in the court decision published Jan. 13, 2025. 

Arnold also described the incident as “retaliatory in nature following a domestic break-up,” so he issued a 12-month no-contact order to prevent Lester from communicating with Williams. 

“Mr. Lester denied under oath being responsible for posting the image and ad, did nothing to assist in its removal from the internet, has accepted no responsibility and has offered no apology,” wrote Arnold. 

This case is the first reported decision of its kind in Nova Scotia under the Intimate Images Act.  Link to full story here.