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Brittanie Weaver used LinkedIn to find the man who violated her personal space. She worries that the penalty under California state law might not be severe enough to dissuade other men from doing the same to other women.
By Michael Walsh / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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Weaver realized that her personal space had been violated as she stood at the counter.
A California woman says she used LinkedIn to find the creep who pointed
the lens of his iPad up her dress in a Los Angeles pet store.
Brittanie Weaver, a 22-year-old fashion model, is used to being photographed, but not without her consent. When a man so blatantly invaded her privacy Friday, she knew she had to do something — not just for herself, but for the other women he could potentially victimize.
"People say, 'Oh, you're a model. Who cares?' Well, people pay to take
my photo in a comfortable and safe environment and I know where the
photos are being used," Weaver told the Daily News.
"The main thing is that California state law only considers a crime like this a misdemeanor, so it encourages other men to go ahead and get away with this with a slap on the hand … and that's scary."
Weaver cannot share the perp’s name with the media until he is arrested, but she identified him to the police Monday.
Weaver started searching for the perpetrator immediately after the incident Friday, when she took her dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Winston, to Puppy & Me on Ventura Blvd. in the city's Sherman Oaks neighborhood.
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"He kept following me around and I kept giving him dirty looks," Weaver explained. "I kept getting weird vibes. When I got to the counter I finally caught him doing it. He looked at me and knew that I caught him."
At this point the man asked, "Can I pet your dog?" but he had already
been petting Winston repeatedly so when he asked this question he
"totally gave himself away," according to Weaver, who spotted an ID
badge hanging from the man’s neck.
Weaver quietly explained the circumstance by writing a message to the clerk, rather than confronting the man head on.
Surveillance cameras recorded the entire sleazy ordeal, including an
element Weaver did not know until seeing the video playback.
"The surveillance also shows that before I walked in he had been on the corner and was kind of waiting for me to cross and ran full speed. So he had stalked me before I walked in the store."
Weaver called the police, who were helpful, but ultimately decided she needed to track down the culprit.
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"The cops said we may not find him so that's why I decided to find him myself," she said.
Weaver searched for the man on LinkedIn with clues she remembered from his ID badge. After browsing about 200 photos, she finally found the man and was "150 percent sure it was him."
She describes the man as a California State University, Los Angeles alumnus, who has worked as a probation officer and court interpreter, with several restraining orders against him.
"It's weird," Weaver said. "Things have been filed against him but he was never charged with them." She hopes this case will change that. She wants him to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
"They're charging him for sure. It's just a matter of time," she said.
Brittanie Weaver, a 22-year-old fashion model, is used to being photographed, but not without her consent. When a man so blatantly invaded her privacy Friday, she knew she had to do something — not just for herself, but for the other women he could potentially victimize.
@BrittanieWeaver via Twitter
Weaver worries that if people who record up women's dresses are not prosecuted appropriately that it will encourage others to engage in similarly intrusive behavior.
"The main thing is that California state law only considers a crime like this a misdemeanor, so it encourages other men to go ahead and get away with this with a slap on the hand … and that's scary."
@BrittanieWeaver via Twitter
Weaver, who was born in San Diego, moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting and modeling career after high school.
Weaver started searching for the perpetrator immediately after the incident Friday, when she took her dog, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Winston, to Puppy & Me on Ventura Blvd. in the city's Sherman Oaks neighborhood.
@BrittanieWeaver via Twitter
As a model, Brittanie Weaver is used to being photographed but never without her permission.
"He kept following me around and I kept giving him dirty looks," Weaver explained. "I kept getting weird vibes. When I got to the counter I finally caught him doing it. He looked at me and knew that I caught him."
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The strange man knelt down next to pet Weaver's dog so he could record up her dress without her knowledge.
Weaver quietly explained the circumstance by writing a message to the clerk, rather than confronting the man head on.
@BrittanieWeaver via Twitter
Weaver hopes that this entire ordeal raises awareness that men who snap photographs, especially sexually explicit, of women without their consent are a serious problem.
"The surveillance also shows that before I walked in he had been on the corner and was kind of waiting for me to cross and ran full speed. So he had stalked me before I walked in the store."
@BrittanieWeaver via Twitter
Weaver stopped for breakfast on Ventura Blvd. before she reached the pet store where her personal space was disrespected.
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"The cops said we may not find him so that's why I decided to find him myself," she said.
Weaver searched for the man on LinkedIn with clues she remembered from his ID badge. After browsing about 200 photos, she finally found the man and was "150 percent sure it was him."
She describes the man as a California State University, Los Angeles alumnus, who has worked as a probation officer and court interpreter, with several restraining orders against him.
"It's weird," Weaver said. "Things have been filed against him but he was never charged with them." She hopes this case will change that. She wants him to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
"They're charging him for sure. It's just a matter of time," she said.
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