A B.C. man has been awarded $35,000 after a former partner repeatedly shared intimate images of him online, the B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) said.

In a Sept. 25 decision, the CRT said the man (“applicant”) and the woman (“respondent”) were in an intimate relationship for almost four years. After their breakup, the woman created multiple fake social media accounts and posted eight intimate images of the man, some of them showing his genitals.

The applicant first discovered one of the images in January 2024, the decision says.

In a previous order, the tribunal had directed the respondent to destroy the images and make every reasonable effort to prevent the images from being available to others, tribunal member Jeffrey Drozdiak wrote in his decision.

However, the latest decision says she continued to share his image, breaching a protection order 14 times between March 12 and Sept. 8, 2026.

The woman didn’t file a response in the latest proceeding and was found in default, the CRT says.

In the ruling, the tribunal says the woman’s behaviour amounts to a “targeted campaign to harass and torment” the applicant. It notes the images show the man’s face, making him “easily identifiable.”

Drozdiak writes that this decision could impact future cases. There is a two-year limitation period with respect to intimate image cases, he says, and in this case, the applicant didn’t file a claim until more than two years after he found the first image. However, it remained online until December 2025, and Drozdiak says an intimate image shared online creates “fresh damage” each day it remains available. Therefore, he says, the applicant’s claim wasn’t out of time.

Drozdiak awarded the man $30,000 in compensatory damages, plus an additional $5,000 in aggravated damages.