A Southeast Texas attorney will file a class action lawsuit Thursday for women who claim spurned partners posted stolen nude photos of them on a "revenge porn" site.

Beaumont attorney John S. Morgan said the lawsuit focuses on a site where women believe ex-boyfriends and ex-husbands have posted private photos of their exes without permission in retaliation after break ups. He said 23 women from around the state have signed onto the lawsuit, which will be filed in Galveston County, and he anticipates more to join. The lawsuit will claim invasion of privacy and mental anguish.

"I'm going after the revenge porn industry," Morgan said. "Those sickos who post private information of women without their knowledge."

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