Part 2: The Harassment Machine — How One Man Tried to Destroy Bailey Broadrick Online
Disclaimer: The facts described in this article are based on a Verified Complaint filed in the federal case Broadrick v. Gilroy, Case No. 3:24-cv-01772-VAB (D. Conn.). All allegations remain unproven, and the case is pending. The defendant has not been found liable.
After Bailey Broadrick broke off her relationship with Nicholas Gilroy, she assumed the worst was over. But it had only just begun. What followed was a months-long, coordinated online campaign to humiliate her, erode her privacy, and weaponize her own body against her. The harassment was not random. It was strategic, sustained, and deeply personal.
“Soreleckto” and the Rise of a Digital Predator
In May 2023, Bailey received an anonymous message: her private images had surfaced online. Her full name. Her face. Captions like “EXPOSED” and “SLUT.” The posts were found on Reddit. The user behind them called himself soreleckto, and he didn’t just want to post her photos — he wanted an army to help spread them.
He published more than two dozen posts across Reddit and EroMe, instructing viewers to contact him on the messaging app Kik for “more” of Bailey. Many of the posts explicitly acknowledged that the images were nonconsensual, including captions like:
- “Exposing Bailey Broadrick without her c0nsent makes me cum so fucking hard.”
- “K i k soreleckto if you want Bailey Broadrick exposed.”
- “Share Bailey Broadrick EVERYWHERE.”
Others solicited strangers to message her on LinkedIn and tell her they’d seen her naked — all while providing screenshots of her actual LinkedIn profile to make the harassment easier.
Deepfakes, AI, and New Violations
It got worse. Some of the images, Bailey alleges, were not even real. They were deepfakes — AI-manipulated images created to depict her engaged in sex acts that she never consented to, and never participated in. The images were graphically explicit and included sexual conduct she had never agreed to be photographed doing. They were posted anyway.
Then came the most shocking revelation: one image showed Bailey completely nude and asleep. It had been taken without her knowledge — and according to the complaint, while she was recovering from chemotherapy. Her face was visible. So was the photographer’s hand. Bailey recognized it as Gilroy’s. He had allegedly taken it while she was unconscious — and later made it the profile photo for the “soreleckto” Kik account.
Weaponizing Family and Shame
The goal wasn’t just humiliation. It was isolation. According to the complaint, Gilroy went further and sent the images to Bailey’s brother via Instagram. A screenshot, allegedly from the “soreleckto” Kik account, showed the sender’s perspective — confirming it was the same person orchestrating the wider harassment campaign.
“Defendant was successful,” the complaint states. “The rift with her family continues to this day.”
A Digital Inquisition
The strategy was clear: destroy Bailey’s personal, professional, and emotional life using the most invasive weapon possible — her own image. The alleged posts weren’t just an act of revenge, they were an invitation to pile on. They asked others to join in the assault, to message her, to share her, to treat her body as a form of community entertainment. That is what makes this case so chilling.
Next: The Federal Law That Could Change Everything
In Part 3, we’ll examine the legal framework behind Bailey’s lawsuit — including her groundbreaking claim under the federal civil cause of action for nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images, 15 U.S.C. § 6851. We’ll explain how Congress created this statute in 2022, what it protects, and how Bailey’s case may shape its future.
