A San Diego man convicted of identity theft and extortion after posting more than 10,000 sexually explicit photos of women to his so-called "revenge porn" website was sentenced on Friday to 18 years behind bars. NBC 7's Gene Cubbison reports. (Published Friday, April 3, 2015) 
 
 A San Diego man convicted of identity theft and extortion after posting more than 10,000 sexually explicit photos of women to his so-called "revenge porn" website was sentenced on Friday to 18 years behind bars. 
 
 The sentencing of Kevin Bollaert ended an all-day hearing where a number of victims told of the humiliation inflicted by his website. Bollaert burst into tears as he listened to testimony from his mother and victims. 
 
 The sentence was at the high end of the range; Bollaert faced a maximum of 20 years. In explaining his punishment, the judge noted that he stacked the sentencing terms based on the multiple victims. 
 
 Considering credits for good behavior, Bollaert could be eligible for parole after 10 years, the judge noted. 
 
 Man Sentenced in Revenge Porn Case 
 
 Kevin Bollaert was sentenced in San Diego on April 3, 2015, in a "revenge porn" case in which he posted thousands of nude and sexually explicit photos of women online without their permission. He's one of the first to be prosecuted under California's anti-revenge porn law. NBC 7's Liberty Zabala reports. (Published Friday, April 3, 2015) 
 
 Bollaert also must pay $10,000 in restitution. 
 
 It was the first case of its type in the United States, and California was the first state to prosecute someone for posting humiliating pictures online. Bollaert was convicted of 27 counts of identity theft and extortion in connection to the thousands of photos posted online. 
 
 Once they were published, Bollaert would then demand hundreds of dollars from individuals to remove their photos through a second website he owned. 
 
 Prosecutors called Bollaert "vindictive" and claimed he took pleasure out of hurting his female victims with the internet being his "tool of destruction." 
 
 In court Friday, his parents told the judge their son has said he has shown remorse. 
 
 "He has said many times he wishes he never made the website...If he could go back and change it all, he would," they said in a statement to the court. 
 
 Revenge Porn Defendant Breaks Down in Court 
 
 NBC 7's cameras were in court to capture the defendant as his parents spoke to a judge. This is video from the morning session. (Published Friday, April 3, 2015) 
 
 One after another victims shared how they were damaged by Bollaert's actions. 
 
 "It's just broken me on a level that's not describable," one woman told the court. "The only thing I have left is shame and anger." 
 
 Another explained how she is haunted by her photos being made public, saying,"If someone looks at me? Are they remembering me?" She also described her experience as a daily struggle. 
 
 A third victim said she has a hard time acknowledging Bollaert as a human being. 
 
 The case centered on a now defunct website called YouGotPosted.com, created by Bollaert so ex-husbands and ex-boyfriends could submit embarrassing photos of victims for revenge. The photos also linked to victims’ social media accounts. 
 
 Prosecutors say those who wanted to get the pictures taken down were redirected to another one of Bollaert's sites, ChangeMyReputation.com. There, the victims were charged $300 to $350 to have their photos removed. 
 
 Revenge Porn Case Called a Landmark 
 
 Kevin Bollaert, 27, has been charged with 31 felony counts for allegedly posting nude photos of women online, then charging the women to have the photos removed. NBC 7’s Megan Tevrizian talks with defense attorney Lindsey Mercer about why this is being called a landmark cases and what it could mean for similar cases going forward. (Published Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013) 
 
 State law prohibits anyone from putting identifiable nude photos online after a breakup, punishable with $1,000 or six months in jail. 

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– The man behind a "revenge porn" website was sentenced yesterday to 18 years in prison for posting thousands of private photos and charging women to have them removed, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Kevin Bollaert, 28, was convicted last month of 27 felony counts—21 for identity theft and six for extortion—but still claimed during sentencing that he ran the now-defunct UGotPosted.com without knowing it was illegal. A prosecutor disagreed, saying "this man was told time and time again, 'You are ruining my life.'" Indeed, victims testified in a San Diego courtroom to the pain they had endured: "It's just broken me on a level that's not describable," said one of the women, NBC San Diego reports. "The only thing I have left is shame and anger." Bollaert often received the images from angry ex-boyfriends, then posted them and linked each image to a social-media page belonging to the victim. The women received all kinds of comments, from threats to come-ons, and could only have the images taken down by paying up to $350 at another Bollaert site, ChangeMyReputation.com. Bollaert admitted that he made $900 monthly from Web advertising and $30,000 by charging women to have images removed. "I don’t know, dude. Like, it was just fun," read the judge in quoting Bollaert's words to an investigator. "At the beginning it was kind of fun and entertaining, but now it’s kind of ruining my life." True enough: Bollaert will have serve at least half his sentence, pay a $10,000 fine, and $15,000 more to his victims, the LA Times reports.