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A Swedish model has said she feels shocked and exploited by a Sunday Mirror sting which used her image without permission to lure the Conservative party MP Brooks Newmark into sharing explicit images of himself. A Swedish model has said she feels shocked and exploited by a Sunday Mirror sting that used her image without permission to lure the Conservative party MP Brooks Newmark into sharing explicit images of himself.
A freelance reporter used a photograph of Malin Sahlén for a fictional Twitter account claiming to be a young Tory PR woman named “Sophie Wittam”.A freelance reporter used a photograph of Malin Sahlén for a fictional Twitter account claiming to be a young Tory PR woman named “Sophie Wittam”.
The reporter, posing as Wittam, exchanged messages with several Tory MPs before convincing Newmark to swap numbers and share explicit pictures of himself. Newmark resigned as civil society minister on Saturday night. The reporter, posing as Wittam, exchanged messages with several Conservative MPs before convincing Newmark to swap numbers and share explicit pictures of himself. Newmark resigned as civil society minister on Saturday night.
Speaking for the first time about the controversy, Sahlén told the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that she never gave permission to the Sunday Mirror to use the photograph.Speaking for the first time about the controversy, Sahlén told the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that she never gave permission to the Sunday Mirror to use the photograph.
“I do not want to be exploited in this way and that someone has used my image like this feels really awful, both for me and the others involved in this,” she said.“I do not want to be exploited in this way and that someone has used my image like this feels really awful, both for me and the others involved in this,” she said.
The model, a former participant on the Swedish television show Top Model, said the photograph of her was three years old and that she had previously reported several fake Facebook accounts for using her image.The model, a former participant on the Swedish television show Top Model, said the photograph of her was three years old and that she had previously reported several fake Facebook accounts for using her image.
“I am shocked and it is unpleasant for someone to use the picture without permission.”“I am shocked and it is unpleasant for someone to use the picture without permission.”
Writing on her blog later, Sahlén said: “I just want to inform all my dear blog readers that something terrible happened to me today.Writing on her blog later, Sahlén said: “I just want to inform all my dear blog readers that something terrible happened to me today.
“Right now I feel very confused and do not understand that what has happened has happened. I can blog more about that another day, but right now I do not talk about it.”“Right now I feel very confused and do not understand that what has happened has happened. I can blog more about that another day, but right now I do not talk about it.”
Another woman whose “sunbathing selfie” was used by the newspaper said the targeted MP had done nothing wrong.Another woman whose “sunbathing selfie” was used by the newspaper said the targeted MP had done nothing wrong.
Charlene Tyler, 26, from Boston, Lincolnshire, told the Telegraph it was wrong for the Sunday Mirror to have used her photo without permission, but said it was not a resigning matter for Newmark.Charlene Tyler, 26, from Boston, Lincolnshire, told the Telegraph it was wrong for the Sunday Mirror to have used her photo without permission, but said it was not a resigning matter for Newmark.
“I think grown adults can do whatever they like as long as both of them are over the age of consent,” she said. “I don’t think it’s something to resign over.”“I think grown adults can do whatever they like as long as both of them are over the age of consent,” she said. “I don’t think it’s something to resign over.”
She added: “I hope the MP is okay. It makes me feel really awful that this will ruin his life. The fact that a newspaper was stealing my photograph is quite wrong. The newspaper’s taken it too far.”She added: “I hope the MP is okay. It makes me feel really awful that this will ruin his life. The fact that a newspaper was stealing my photograph is quite wrong. The newspaper’s taken it too far.”
The Sunday Mirror is facing a potential inquiry by the Metropolitan police after one of the MPs contacted by the tabloid as part of its sting said he would write to the force.The Sunday Mirror is facing a potential inquiry by the Metropolitan police after one of the MPs contacted by the tabloid as part of its sting said he would write to the force.
Mark Pritchard said he would contact Scotland Yard and make a formal complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation over accusations of entrapment. Mark Pritchard said he would contact Scotland Yard and make a formal complaint to the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) over accusations of entrapment.