Gilbert wins court order to stop nude pics

Lawyers for St Kilda star Sam Gilbert have won a court order to continue to stop a
teenager from publishing images of naked teammates.
The 17-year-old girl who published the explicit photographs of Saints' captain Nick
Riewoldt and Nick Dal Santo on her Facebook page this week, did not attend the
Federal Court directions hearing in Melbourne on Thursday.
A partially clothed Zac Dawson is also pictured.
No legal representative acting on the girl's behalf was in court for the hearing.
In orders to be emailed to the girl and posted on her Twitter account, Justice Shane
Marshall instructed that for now, she not publish the photographs, which St Kilda
says were stolen from Gilbert's computer, or any other images or videos taken from
that computer.
Gilbert's lawyer Will Houghton, QC, will make an application to the court at 2.15pm
(AEDT) on Friday that the girl be ordered to permanently delete all electronic
images from her computer.
He said the girl was deliberately thumbing her nose at the court.
"It appears ... that (the girl) is exhibiting some defiance to the orders of this
court and whether that is because of her immature years or simply plain stupidity, I
cannot say," he told the court.
The girl claims she took the photos herself while with the players in a Melbourne
hotel room.
Justice Marshall said the best evidence available to him at present is that the
photos were taken from Gilbert's computer.
St Kilda vice-president Ross Levin said it was just the beginning of a vigorous
legal campaign against the girl and added that the players intend suing for damages.
"When you get an order for damages, in the event we are successful in our claim, the
order continues to be valid for up to 15 years," he told reporters outside the
court.
"In the event that she tries to make money out of this, the misery she has caused to
these four undeserving players, then we'll be looking for that money."
Mr Levin said if the girl disobeyed the judge's orders, she could be held in
contempt of court which carried serious penalties.
"The woman clearly knew what she was doing when she published those photos," he said.
"We at the club, and all fair-minded people we would say in Australia, have been
appalled at the delight that she has expressed in causing distress to these four
players including, as I have said, some whom she has never met and who have never
done anything to her.
"The woman has made it clear in her networking posts that basically she enjoys
causing trouble for others."