A judge ordered a Utah lady to hand up an album of her ‘boudoir-style’ nude photographs to her ex-husband, who had requested them as part of their divorce proceedings.
Lindsay Marsh stated that she commissioned the photographs and wrote “loving” and private words to her husband within the album during the early years of their marriage.
However, when she filed for divorce in April 2021, after 25 years of marriage, her ex-husband Chris Marsh stated that he wished to keep the album for sentimental reasons.
She stated, “It is a violation as well as terribly unpleasant and humiliating.”
The only way I can stop someone else from experiencing the same predicament is by telling my tale and revealing that he considers these actions acceptable.
Lindsay Marsh told The Salt Lake Tribune that she was astonished when a judge ordered her to provide her private photo album to her ex-husband as part of their divorce proceedings.
Marsh was astonished when her ex-boyfriend demanded the photo album, and she protested.
But at the 2nd District Court, Judge Michael Edwards sided with her ex-husband.
As a gesture, he suggested that Marsh return the book to its original photographer and have a copy created with her corpse removed.
Marsh approached the photographer, but the photographer refused, claiming that the photographs were works of art and should not be altered.
In August of this year, the judge determined that Marsh must hand over the album to a third party, who will alter the photographs.
In a ruling shared with The Salt Lake Tribune, he wrote, ‘That individual is to do whatever it takes to edit the pages of the photographs so that any shots of [Lindsay Marsh] in lingerie or similar attire or even without clothing are concealed and removed.’
However, the words are preserved for the sake of remembering.
Marsh stated that the prospect of turning over the book to a stranger was even more distressing, and she called the judge’s clerk to confirm that she hadn’t misinterpreted the ruling.
She recalls responding, “I just want to clarify.” “The judge has ordered me to send naked photographs of my body to an unknown third party without my consent?”
Marsh was ordered by Judge Michael Edwards to send over the photographs to her ex, but her body might be cropped out of them.
When she found out, the original photographer consented to modify the images.
Marsh remarked, “That’s even illegal.”
Because these are sensuous and romantic things I wrote to my husband, which I cherished. You are now my ex-husband.’
Lindsay Marsh is compelled by law to keep the originals until December in the event that her ex-spouse objects to any of the revisions.
She then intends to have a burning party and burn them alive.
She stated, “It will be incredible!”
Chris Marsh informed The Tribune that the books were filled with memories, inscriptions, and photographs, emphasizing that they were not “inappropriate-type books.”
He stated, “I wanted to preserve the wonderful memories we shared for all those years as part of regular and proper exchanges between a husband and wife by having inscriptions.”
He stated that their case highlights broader societal problems.
“As boudoir photography becomes a more prevalent means for couples to share intimacy, where is the line when they separate?”