Temple Sex

Mass. woman accuses 5 people of distributing recording of her having sex with Buddhist monk

By Associated Press
Apr 23, 2013 07:02 PM EDT

LOWELL, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman has filed a lawsuit against five people she alleges illegally distributed a video of her having a sexual encounter with a Buddhist monk.

Maya Men said in her lawsuit filed in Middlesex Superior Court last week that the defendants — at least one of whom is a monk — violated her right to privacy and her constitutional rights. She also says their actions intentionally inflicted emotional distress.

Men is seeking damages and money for an investigation to locate and confiscate all of copies of the video. She also is seeking a temporary restraining order against the defendants and a preliminary injunction barring further distribution or display of the recording.

Men was helping to lead an effort to raise $10 million for a new temple in Lowell. The sexual encounter took place at a temple in Chelmsford.

One of the men named in the suit calls it part of a “smear campaign” and an effort to deflect attention from the Community of Khmer Buddhist Monks fundraising efforts.

Information from: The (Lowell, Mass.) Sun, http://www.lowellsun.com