{"id":19347,"date":"2021-07-17T00:59:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T04:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19347"},"modified":"2021-07-17T00:59:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T04:59:16","slug":"bianca-devins-family-sue-ny-officials-over-video-footage-of-murdered-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/07\/17\/bianca-devins-family-sue-ny-officials-over-video-footage-of-murdered-teen\/","title":{"rendered":"Bianca Devins: Family sue NY officials over video footage of murdered teen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The mother of a 17-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 has filed a lawsuit accusing officials of sharing sex and murder videos with the media.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The death of Bianca Devins prompted widespread media attention when images posted by her murderer went viral.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Now her family’s lawsuit alleges that explicit footage recorded by her killer was given to documentary makers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The family is suing Oneida County in New York State and officials including local District Attorney Scott McNamara.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The filing alleges they “acted unconscionably and lawlessly” toward the victim with “reckless dissemination of evidence” to media producers seeking to cover the case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The lawsuit claims Kimberly Devins, Bianca’s mother, was shattered to learn videos taken by Clark had been shared. She now fears the material of them having sex will also go viral online, like the other images he shared of her daughter’s murder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It also accuses officials of breaking federal child pornography laws, because the evidence included video footage of Bianca having sex with Brandon Clark before he killed her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The BBC contacted Oneida County District Attorney’s Office and Mr McNamara, but both are yet to respond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bianca Devins was killed in July 2019 by Brandon Clark, 21, who stabbed the teenager in his car as they were driving home from a concert in Queens, a borough of New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He documented the attack online – posting graphic images of Bianca’s body to platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, as well as a Discord server used by her friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He attempted to take his own life after the murder, but survived. He was prosecuted and was sentenced to 25 years in prison in March this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Images Clark posted of Bianca Devins’ body spread rapidly on social media in the aftermath of her murder. The public nature of her killing led to rapid growth in both her and her killer’s Instagram accounts, with impersonators popping up and reposting the images to take advantage of the morbid interest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kimberley Devins has said she still receives online abuse and graphic photographs of her daughter’s body from trolls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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