New York City Weather Man Fired After Naked Pics Leak from Gay Webcam
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Local celebrity and NY1 morning meteorologist, Erick Adame, lost his job after naked screenshots were anonymously sent to his mom and bosses.
A TV weatherman in New York City was fired from his job after nude screenshots from an online video chat were sent by an anonymous user to his bosses at work as well as his own mother, court documents obtained by The Daily Beast show.
Adame, a two-time Emmy nominee who served as a NY1 meteorologist for about four years until he recently disappeared from the air, is now petitioning a Manhattan judge to force the owners of the internet forum—named in court papers as Unit 4 Media, Ltd.—to identify the people who leaked the NSFW material and deep-sixed his career.
The website itself is not specified in Adame’s filing. A site called LPSG.com, however, advises users, “When you buy an LPSG membership it will appear on your bank statement as Unit 4 Media.” LPSG, which stands for “Large Penis Support Group,” describes itself as “the most amazing open-minded fun-spirited sexy adult community” on the internet.
The Daily Beast contacted Adame for comment on Monday morning. On Monday afternoon, he posted a message on Instagram, telling viewers and fans that he was “taking this opportunity to share my truth rather than let others control the narrative of my life.”
“Despite being a public figure and being on television in the biggest market in the country in front of millions of people five days a week for more than a decade and a half, I secretly appeared on an adult cam website,” Adame continued. “On this site, I acted out my compulsive behaviors, while at home, by performing on camera for other men. It was 100% consensual on both of our parts. I wasn’t paid for this, and it was absurd of me to think I could keep this private. Nonetheless, my employer found out and I was suspended and then terminated.”
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Adame’s troubles can be traced back to late 2021, when he used Unit 4’s “video chat service,” and an anonymous user “wrongfully copied unclothed images” of him “by taking screenshots,” Monday’s petition states. The filing indicates the anonymous user had multiple accounts under the user names: Sonal Prehonn, Tommysize29, Funtimes99, and Landenboy227.
The user “wrongfully disseminated the images” to Adame’s employer and mother, “with the intent of harassing, annoying, or alarming” him and “tortiously interfering” with his job, the petition states. As a result, the filing adds, Adame was fired by his employer.
“Anonymous knew [Adame] had a reasonable expectation that the images would remain private,” the filing goes on. “Anonymous disseminated the images without [Adame’s] consent.”
Adame would like to pursue legal action against his anonymous tormentor “but is presently unable to do so without the information to identify” them, the petition says.
