Katelynn Spencer, formerly of Fairhaven and Wareham, discovered sexually explicit videos of herself and an ex-boyfriend online.

At the time, Massachusetts had no 'revenge porn' law or protections for people in her situation.

She ended up fighting for a state law that passed last year, but continues to deal with the psychological trauma.

By the end of her legal battles and advocacy for change, Katelynn Spencer — a former resident of Wareham and Fairhaven — had lost friends, a husband, career, her community, and, at one point, her will to live, she says. But she never lost the strength to fight for what was right, even when the law wasn't on her side.

Spencer, now 35, says it all started from a mistake she made as an 18-year-old, which was trusting a man she once considered her "best f

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