Make New York Post a Preferred Source A former “Naked and Afraid” star won a $175,000 settlement after her perv boss allegedly hacked dozens of nude photos and videos of her from her appearances on the reality TV show.
Danielle Beauchemin, who appeared in multiple episodes of “Naked and Afraid” between 2014 and 2021, accused her supervisor, Arthur True, of accessing her private Google Photos through her office computer and downloading explicit images and videos of her taken from her time on the show.
True accessed uncensored, explicit files linked to Beauchemin’s old personal cellphone from her time on “Naked and Afraid,” which were blurred out on the show when it aired on the Discovery Channel, according to the lawsuit.
Beauchemin, a former emergency management employee in Kennebec County, Maine, said that county officials retaliated against her in the weeks after she reported True, Central Maine reported.
An investigation found that surveillance footage near Beauchemin’s office was deleted, two spy cameras were delivered to the building, and tools and a flashlight were placed in the ceiling above her office, the outlet reported, citing the lawsuit Beauchemin filed last December.
The lawsuit alleged Beauchemin discovered True had accessed her personal Google Photos account in April 2023, about four months after the county hired her.
True later admitted to downloading dozens of nude photos and videos of his subordinate, the lawsuit alleged.
True also faces criminal charges of invasion of computer privacy and stalking and pleaded not guilty in July 2024, the outlet reported.
Beauchemin never accessed the files through her work computer, the complaint notes.
HR at Kennebec County appeared to minimize the issue when Beauchemin spoke to them, and allegedly created a hostile work environment in the following weeks, rescinding her permission to bring her service dog to work, belittling and blaming her in the office, and changing her job duties, the lawsuit alleged.
Beauchemin eventually took unpaid medical leave, during which time the county terminated her role when commissioners voted to reallocate federal COVID-19 pandemic recovery funds, according to the complaint.
She then went to Augusta Police, and True resigned the next day, the lawsuit said.
Beauchemin, of Falmouth, Maine, was paid $20,000 in lost wages and $84,595 in alleged damages, with her attorneys receiving the remaining $70,405 for their services from Kennebec County’s publicly funded insurer to settle the federal lawsuit on Aug. 16, with payments issued on Sept. 29, Central Maine reported.
The agreement was reached without an admission of liability from the county, according to one of its attorneys, Peter Marchesi.
His case was moved out of Kennebec County in March after his attorney successfully argued that a conflict of interest was possible given where he worked.
The case was moved to Lincoln County and is on the list for docket call in January.
Attorneys for Kennebec County and Arthur True did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
