{
  "id": 17905360,
  "title": "Mark Latham's ex found guilty of recording intimate image",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/mark-lathams-ex-found-guilty-of-recording-intimate-image",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T04:15:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-03/nsw-nathalie-matthews-mark-latham-court-hearing-guilty/107340610"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nathalie Matthews, former partner of Mark Latham, has been found guilty of recording an intimate image without consent. Matthews was accused of photographing a naked selfie that another woman had sent to Latham. She was acquitted of accessing restricted data without authorization. Matthews was arrested and charged after using Latham's password to log onto his computer and discovering the intimate images. Latham did not realize the images were stored on his computer when he gave Matthews the password. He claimed Matthews accused him of infidelity three days later by asking if he had photos of other women. Latham told the court he initially found her message confusing and jokingly responded with photos of parliamentary colleagues. Matthews was found not guilty of accessing restricted data because the judge determined Latham had willingly provided his password without conditions. The prosecution argued Matthews accessed restricted data due to the computer's password protection, but Judge Vassall disagreed, stating Latham had freely given his password. Matthews' lawyer argued there was no evidence the images were intimate, but the judge rejected this, noting Matthews had violated A.A.'s privacy.",
  "summary": "Nathalie Matthews was living with Independent MP Mark Latham when she took a photo of an intimate selfie stored on his laptop and later messaged him on WhatsApp asking, \"do you have photos of other women?\"",
  "key_points": [
    "Nathalie Matthews found guilty of recording intimate image without consent.",
    "Matthews accused of photographing naked selfie sent to Mark Latham.",
    "Latham unaware images stored on his computer when he gave Matthews password."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The conviction highlights the legal boundaries of digital privacy when intimate content is captured without consent, even when access to the device was obtained through a voluntarily shared password.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}