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• Nikki Catsouras was killed in a high-speed car crash in October 2006 at the age of 18. A California Highway Patrol (CHP) employee leaked photos taken at the accident scene onto the Internet,OCRegister: Employee Leaked Photos, CHP Says (February 13, 2007) prompting Catsouras' family to file a $20 million lawsuit against the California Highway Patrol.OCRegister: Judge Dismisses Suit Over CHP Photo Leak (March 21, 2008)

  In the May 4 newsstand copy of Newsweek the magazine chronicles the story of the Catsouras family since 18-year-old Nikki Catsouras' death and subsequent leak of the gruesome car photos. The family has sued the California Highway Patrol for the leak, which can be traced to two officers.OCRegister: Story of graphic crash photos... (April 29, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Date of accident: October 31, 2006
  2. Crash happened near Lake Forest, California
  3. Catsouras took her father's Porsche 911 Carrera without permissionABC News: Family's Nightmare: Daughter's Accident Photos Go Viral (July 1, 2008)
  4. Graphic photos of the accident circulated on the InternetABC News: Family's Nightmare: Daughter's Accident Photos Go Viral (July 1, 2008)
  5. Photos taken by California Highway PatrolOCRegister: Employee Leaked Photos, CHP Says (February 13, 2007)
  6. Catsouras' family filed a $20 million lawsuit against the California Highway Patrol after the photos appeared onlineOCRegister: Judge Dismisses Suit Over CHP Photo Leak (March 21, 2008)
  7. Lawsuit was dismissed in March 2008; family appealed the rulingOCRegister: Judge Dismisses Suit Over CHP Photo Leak (March 21, 2008)
  8. The Catsouras family hired an outside company to demand that site operators remove the picturesABC News: Family's Nightmare: Daughter's Accident Photos Go Viral (July 1, 2008)
  9. No links to the images are supplied on this page

• Nikki Catsouras

  1. Born: March 4, 1988
  2. Died on October 31, 2006
  3. Funeral service was held at the Saddleback Church
  4. Mother: Lesli Catsouras
  5. Father Christos Catsouras
  6. Sisters Kira, Danielle and Christiana

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