Hollywood hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison
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In this Nov 1, 2011, file photo, Christopher Chaney, 35, of Jacksonville, Florida, leaves federal court in Los Angeles. Chaney has agreed to plead guilty to hacking into the email accounts of celebrities, according to court documents filed on March 22, 2012. A federal judge on Monday sentenced Chaney, who hacked into the personal online accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis and other women, to 10 years in prison. -- PHOTO: AP
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A United States (US) federal judge on Monday sentenced a man who hacked into the personal online accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis and other women to 10 years in prison.
US District Judge S. James Otero sentenced Christopher Chaney in Los Angeles after hearing from a tearful Johansson in a videotaped statement.
The biggest spectacle in the case was the revelation that nude photos taken by Johansson herself and meant for her then-husband Ryan Reynolds were placed on the Internet.
Chaney, 35, of Jacksonville, Florida, pleaded guilty to counts that included wiretapping and unauthorised access to a computer.
