24-year-old Alvin Tan Jye Yee and his 23-year-old girlfriend, Vivian Lee has sparked an outrage when sexually explicit videos and pictures of them were discovered recently.
But unlike any other “Oops. My laptop was stolen and they were leaked without my permission!” cases, these were taken and posted willingly by both individuals.
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Alvin Tan |
Alvin, who has a
National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship, met
Vivian,
a Multimedia University (MMU) graduate via Facebook. They initially
uploaded intimate pictures (with certain “parts” edited out) on
Facebook. The pictures, of course, were red flagged. So they decided to
start a blog in September – aptly named, “
Sumptuous Erotica”.
It was the same time that their “fooling around with pictures and videos” got a little bit more serious. (
Source)
Sumptuous Erotica was filled with
full-on pornographic material,
as though they were amateur porn stars. Some self-made pictures
displaying the couple’s naked bodies together and individually while
videos containing their fetishes/roleplaying (read: Alvin as rapist and
Vivian as victim) were uploaded. Shockingly, Alvin even encouraged their
blog’s readers to “rate” their photos and urged them to share/repost
their images.
Needless to say, it went viral.
All of it.
Sure, for them, it was super exciting. However, it all blew up in
their faces when Alvin posted Sumptuous Erotica’s address on a public
forum. From 1,000 page views per day, it skyrocketed to about 20,000 page views per day.
It sparked a controversy and now, Alvin has landed himself into hot
(and not in the sexual way) soup because not only was he forced to take
down the blog, NUS’ Board of Discipline (BOD) have taken the case into
investigation. One NUS spokesperson said of the case, “All NUS
students are expected to conduct themselves in a responsible manner and
should not be associated with offensive behaviour. Any student found in
breach of the University’s Code of Student Conduct will be disciplined”.
This basically means he could be expelled and dealt with legally,
despite the fact that he’s not Singaporean. He could be denied entry
into Singapore or both Alvin and Vivian could be prosecuted for
breaching the Films Act on the grounds of obscenity for their videos. (
Source)
Vivian, however, has jumped to her boyfriend’s, their blog’s, and
their relationship’s defense by saying that they couldn’t care less
about what the public thinks of this.
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Vivian Lee |
Still, was it worth it?
Yes, we know, it sounds like this was all just a huge cry for
attention. But Alvin might’ve just gotten more than he bargained for: