Video Voyeur or Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story is a 2002 television drama

Television movie

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 made by Lifetime Television

Lifetime Television

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, directed by Tim Hunter

Tim Hunter (director)

Tim Hunter is an American television and film director. Since the late 1980s he has mostly worked on television, directing episodes for dozens of televisions series includingBreaking Bad,Carnivàle,...

, starring Angie Harmon

Angie Harmon

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. It is based on the real-life story of Susan Wilson, a Louisiana

Louisiana

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 woman, who was video taped in her own home by a neighbor. Her case helped make video voyeurism

Voyeurism

In clinical psychology, voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other activity usually considered to be of a private nature....

 a crime in nine U.S.

United States

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 states. Originally, she had no legal recourse

Legal recourse

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 as video voyeurism was not considered by those who wrote previous voyeurism legislation.

External links

• Proposed Video Voyeurism Prevention Acts at Library of Congress
  Library of Congress
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• Video Voyeur at Reel Film Reviews