Invasion of privacy is a tort based in common law allowing an aggrieved party to bring a lawsuit against an individual who unlawfully intrudes into his or her private affairs, discloses his or her private information, publicizes him or her in a false light, or appropriates his or her name for personal gain.
It is amazing that a governor's wife was actually robbed at gunpoint. Albeit a Governor-elect in this picture, but, where was the security detail?
At any rate, this is the typical "stand-by-my-man" photo. It may have worked during the time of denial and legal shenanigans, but, will it work today considering a judge saw merit in the allegations?
...Though expressing disappointment about the affair and concern about some of the more lurid allegations that Greitens has denied, some Republican voters and party officials said their support for Greitens had not been shaken....
Missouri statute:
565.252. 1.(click here) A person commits the offense of invasion of privacy if he or she knowingly:
April 18, 2018
A St. Louis judge (click here) is allowing the criminal case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to move forward, rejecting a move by the governor's lawyers to dismiss it. Circuit Judge Rex Burlison on Thursday disagreed with defense attorneys that the conduct by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and an investigator she hired was so bad that the only way to protect Greitens’ rights to a fair trial was to dismiss the felony invasion of privacy charge.
February 22, 2018
By Suzannah Gonzales, Karen Pierog
(Reuters) - Missouri Governor Eric Greitens (click here) was briefly taken into custody on Thursday after being indicted on a felony invasion of privacy charge in connection with an extramarital affair and a blackmail allegation involving the Republican politician, officials said....
...“As I have said before, I made a personal mistake before I was governor. I did not commit a crime,” Greitens said in a statement. “I look forward to the legal remedies to reverse this action,” he added.
