Amanda Todd

• Dutch court rejects bid by Amanda Todd’s tormentor to quash Canadian sentence

  The Dutch Supreme Court has rejected online extortionist Aydin Coban's bid to scrap his Canadian sentence for tormenting B.C. teenager Amanda Todd.

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  Jan 28, 2025
  
• Amanda Todd’s family joins U.S. parents in lawsuit targeting social media giants

  Twelve years after her death, Amanda Todd's family is joining others in a lawsuit alleging the danger of harassment and extortion that drove the teen to suicide persists online.

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  Oct 27, 2024
  
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• ‘I’m good with this,’ Amanda Todd’s mom says of 6-year Dutch sentence

  Carol Todd says she's pleased a Dutch court has handed six more years in prison to the man who harassed and sexually extorted her daughter prior to her 2012 suicide.

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  Dec 21, 2023
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• Dutch court sentences man convicted in Amanda Todd case to 6 years

  A Dutch man convicted in British Columbia of charges including extortion and harassment in the Amanda Todd case has had his sentence cut by an Amsterdam court from 13 years to six.

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  Dec 21, 2023
• Dutch sentencing decision looms for Amanda Todd’s tormentor

  Dutch judges said Thursday they would rule in two weeks on the conversion of the 13-year sentence for Aydin Coban, who was convicted of the extortion and harassment of Amanda.

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  Dec 7, 2023
• Carol Todd expresses relief U.S. man sentenced for sexually exploiting 3 B.C. youths

  Carol Todd's response to the sentencing of Kevin Robert McCarty, of Happy Valley, Ore., was one of relief.

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  Oct 29, 2023
• Amsterdam court needs more specifics before sentence in Aydin Coban cyberbullying case

  During a news conference in Richmond, Carol Todd said justice for Amanda is still important and necessary for her and for everyone who has followed her daughter's story.

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  Jul 13, 2023
• ‘Pay the price’: Amanda Todd’s mother stunned as lawyers seek reduced jail time for extortionist

  At a hearing in Amsterdam, Robert Malewicz criticized Canadian authorities for releasing Aydin Coban's personal details, noting that his client will "always be recognized."

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  Jun 29, 2023
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• Online child exploitation surges in B.C. with nearly 5,800 cases this year: RCMP

  If the online exploitation continues at its current rate, the Mounties said 2023 is on track to more than double the number of incidents reported in 2022.

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  May 9, 2023
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• Canada facing an ‘epidemic’ of sextortion cases among children, teens

  Statistics Canada data reports a nearly 80-per cent increase in cyber-related extortion offences in 2020 from the year before.

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  Apr 14, 2023