Editor's note: Charges against Bradshaw Steele have been dismissed.
A UF student was arrested Monday for sharing nude photos and a video of his ex-girlfriend in an online forum with his fraternity brothers, Gainesville Police said.
Bradshaw Michael Steele, 22, secretly took a video of himself having sex with a woman he had been dating in March 2017, according to an arrest report. In October, two months after the couple had broken up, he uploaded the video, as well as nude photos showing the woman’s face, to an online forum with members of his fraternity, GPD said.
Police said the video was taken without the woman’s permission or knowledge, and she sent him the nude photos in confidence.
Police said Steele shared the video knowing it would degrade the woman, and members of his fraternity recognized her.
Steele was arrested in his apartment at 2 p.m. on charges of sexual cyber harassment, video voyeurism and video voyeurism dissemination. He was released from Alachua County Jail $50,000 bond and could not be reached for comment.
Steele is a UF wildlife ecology and conservation senior, UF spokesperson John Hines wrote in an email.
University spokesperson Margo Winick said she wasn’t sure if the fraternity will be disciplined.
An Alligator reporter visited Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house where a brother, who identified himself as a former executive board member but declined to give his name, said Steele was a fraternity member but disaffiliated in Spring 2017. The former board member said the photos and video were shared over a forum not officially recognized by the fraternity.
University Police issued a trespass warning against Steele on Monday, according to its website.
Contact Robert Lewis at rlewis@alligator.org. Follow him on Twitter at @Lewis__Robert.
Bradshaw Michael Steele
