COMING UP IN THE FIRST ALERT

FORECAST.

>> ALL RIGHT, CHRIS, THANK YOU

FOR THAT.

A FRESHMAN CONGRESSWOMAN WAS

FORCED TO STEP DOWN LESS THAN A

YEAR INTO HER FIRST TERM.

KATIE HILL SAYS SHE’S RESIGNING

IN PART BECAUSE OF SEXUALLY

EXPLICIT PHOTOS THAT WERE LEAKED

ONLINE.

>> I’M LEAVING BECAUSE I DIDN’T

WANT TO BE PEDDLED BY PAPERS AND

BLOGS AND WEBSITES TO DRIVE

CLICKS AND EXPAND THEIR AUDIENCE

BY DISTRIBUTING INTIMATE PHOTOS

OF ME TAKEN WITHOUT MY

KNOWLEDGE.

>> THERE ARE NO LAWS AGAINST

SO-CALLED REVENGE PORN.

CAROLINE CONNOLLY IS LIVE IN

BOSTON WITH MORE ON HOW SOME

WITH ARE HOPING TO CHANGE, THAT

INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR.

CAROLINE?

>> Reporter: WELL,

MASSACHUSETTS, AS YOU MIX HAD

HAD, IS JUST ONE OF A FEW STATES

IN THIS COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT

HAVE A LAW ON THE BOOKS TO

ADDRESS THE VERY ISSUE.

VICTIMS WE SPOKE WITH AS WELL AS

THE GOVERNOR, AS YOU MENTIONED,

SAY LAWMAKERS NEED TO CHANGE

THAT.

>> THE DIRTIEST GUTTER POLITICS

THAT I’VE EVER SEEN.

>> Reporter: ONCE A RIGHTS STAR

OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,

REPRESENTATIVE KATIE HILL FELL

FAST FROM HER POST AS A FRESHMAN

CONGRESSWOMAN WHEN NUDE IMAGES

OF HILL AND A FEMALE STAFF

MEMBER WERE LEAKED ONLINE

ALLEGEDLY BY HER HUSBAND, A MOVE

HILL AND HER SUPPORTERS SAY WAS

A CRUEL FORM OF REVENGE.

>> COMPLETELY PATHETIC AND

DISGUSTING WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

>> Reporter: FOR WOMEN LIKE

BECCA WELLS IT LOOKS FAMILIAR.

SHE FOUNDED THE ORGANIZATION

WOMEN AGAINST REVENGE PORN AFTER

AN EX LEAKED SEVERAL NUDE PHOTOS

OF HER TO SITES ONLINE BACK IN

2010.

>> YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR WORTH AS A

WOMAN IS NOTHING.

YOU JUST -- YOU CAN’T IMAGINE.

YOU JUST PRETTY MUCH FEEL LIKE A

SHELL OF A HUMAN BEING.

>> Reporter: BUT TAKING LEGAL

ACTION CAN BE A CHALLENGE IN

STATES LIKE MASSACHUSETTS.

>> WE THINK IT’S IMPORTANT.

>> THE GOVERNOR TRIED AND FAILED

TO PASS A BILL THAT WOULD MAKE

IT A FELONY TO DISSEMINATE

SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTO, OF A

PERSON ONCE TAKEN VOLUNTARILY.

WITH THE RISE OF ONLINE SHARING

THEY PLAN TO PUSH FOR IT AGAIN.

>> IT’S CERTAINLY MY HOPE THAT

SOMETIME BETWEEN NOW AND THE END

OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IT

PASS SNEEZE IN HILL’S CASE

CALIFORNIA HAS A LAW IN PLACE

THAT SHE PLANS TO USE TO DEFEND

HERSELF, BUT WOMEN ELSEWHERE ARE

STILL WAITING FOR OTHER STATES

TO NOW FOLLOW SUIT.

>> I THINK THAT MASSACHUSETTS NEEDS TO ASK THEIR LEGISLATORS

WHY.

YOU KNOW, WHY DON’T YOU HAVE A

BILL THAT PROTECTS WOMEN?

>> Reporter: NOW THE GOVERNOR’S

BILL ALSO ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE

AMONGST TEACHERS.

IF THEY ARE CAUGHT DOING IT IT

GIVES THEM AN OPTION TO FACE AN