Photo of husband posted on Facebook group with allegation - legalities?

[Hattie24]

Earlier I was alerted to a post by a woman on our town’s community Facebook page. It is a rant about a flat in her block being used by a group of prostitutes which is causing issues at unsociable hours and how the landlord isn’t doing anything about it. Under this there are photos of various men at the entrance of the block of flats and one of them is my husband. The insinuation is that these have all been visiting that flat.

I want to know the legalities of this woman posting such an allegation as she is outright refusing to remove the post. It is obviously extremely humiliating for me (friends and no doubt colleagues have seen it) and there’s so many comments underneath. We’ve been on a ‘break’ due to various issues but still living together and haven’t been intimate for nearly a year so I don’t need a lecture on how I shouldn’t have married such a man.

Is it me or is someone putting up a post like this without any thought for the consequences on various families etc utterly disgusting?

Hahaha are you for real. Many woman do it from their home.

Yea hun! Give your head a wobble

I think your anger is directed at this lady instead of your lying prostitute using husband.

Ok hun cool girl- ‘ sex work is real
work’ is it hun

as if you would be happy if your boss asks you to stay after work for over time to suck his cock or redraws your contract to include sexual favours - as it’s ‘just work’ no harm done, so give your head a wobble ?

still meaningful work - still Ok

hun…?

No. Only in Germany

Yes, but so is attacking the woman who posted it in the way OP has, when she is actually probably a woman at the end of her tether and feeling vulnerable in her own home.

However, you are right that we don’t know that OP’s husband is guilty as charged. We are still waiting for the testimony from the friend who offers free physio from the same address, perhaps that will clear that all up.

Sex work really work.....hahaha you make me laugh

Damned hard work sometimes.

You could speak to a solicitor about libel or slander I’m not sure which. Defamation of character.

It's very hard work!!!!!!!

You should report this to the police.
Sounds like there may be trafficked women there. Imagine being raped several times a day and no one does anything about it.
My friend reported a brothel nex5 doir to het to the police. They were there very quickly, several women were rescued and it helped provide evidence to break a trafficking operation.

I can imagine it is.

That is possible but we cannot automatically jump to the conclusion that all prostitutes are trafficked; many are self employed, do 'tourist' bookings, ie they go to a different town/city for a couple of days every so often; they like a change of scene and a bit of variety. I saw a programme about it in which they were interviewed, it was quite an eye opener and I was amazed at the sophistication with which they made their arrangements. It was extremely lucrative too. Some of the women were quite mature, some had other,ordinary, part-time jobs or flexitime (one worked in a bank), but did their sex work on their days off.

I disagree, this is about her saving her own blushes from people knowing her husband uses prostitutes. She doesn't seem to care if he does or doesn't....as long as noone knows about it!

I didn't get that impression at all.

Really? The OP literally said It is obviously extremely humiliating for me (friends and no doubt colleagues have seen it) and there’s so many comments underneath.

This makes no sense.

If my boss asked me to do ANY work that was not part of my contract I would have issue with it. No matter what that work was.

OK, @JHound - look at it this way. If sex work is proper, valid work, a job like any other, do you think people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance should have to apply for sex work jobs alongside any other jobs they are able to do, and if they turn down a job as a sex worker, should their benefits be cut?

I don’t think anyone would stand for that - either if it was applied to themselves or if the Government was forcing it on other women - and for me, that shows it is not a job like any other.

I also have a huge problem with the belief that women’s bodies are things that men can buy as masturbatory aids.

I was talking specifically about LardyChops poor analogy and why it is a poor analogy.

While I respect sex workers who choose to see their work as work and will refer to them in their chosen manner - I personally don’t see it like any other job. I don’t think most people do but that one analogy seemed daft to me. That I would not choose to do a job (and may even be offended if somebody asked me if I wanted to, is not what makes it not a job.)

Fair enough, @JHound -apologies for misunderstanding.