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The sort of torts someone could sue for in the context of the breakdown of a relationship include:
The sort of torts someone could sue for in the context of the breakdown of a relationship include:


#assault, battery, and sexual assault;
*assault, battery, and sexual assault,
#nervous shock and intentional infliction of mental distress;
*nervous shock and intentional infliction of mental distress,
#trespass;
*trespass,
#invasion of privacy and breach of confidence; and,
*invasion of privacy and breach of confidence, and
#defamation.
*defamation.


Someone might sue for damages for defamation, for example, if the other side posted false information about them on Facebook or a website. Someone might sue for invasion of privacy, breach of confidence or the intentional infliction of mental distress if the other side posted embarassing photos of them, like revenge porn, for example, on Instagram, a pornography provider or another website.
Someone might sue for damages for defamation, for example, if the other side posted false information about them on Facebook or a website. Someone might sue for invasion of privacy, breach of confidence or the intentional infliction of mental distress if the other side posted embarrassing photos of them, like revenge porn, for example, on Instagram, a pornography provider or another website.


==Resources and links==
==Resources and links==