Summit says Daiana Santia of Posadas, Argentina was involved with a group that stole photos, unfinished images and video from the pic.
She was found after a four-continent manhunt. Civil actions have been filed in the U.S. and Argentina, along with a criminal action in Santia's home country.
Executive VP David Friedman says “While we very much appreciate the legions of committed fans of the franchise and encourage them to create community online, we cannot ignore that property was stolen. It is not fair to the majority of fans that want to see the final chapter of the Twilight Saga film franchise fully realized by the filmmaker and dedicated cast and crew to have these images out and available on the Internet.”
The accused 'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' hacker pleaded her innocemce saying that she simply found the materials while surfing the Web. “I couldn’t do it again even if I wanted to,” she said, according to an Associated Press report. “I only saw it. I didn’t distribute it like they say.” Santia’s lawyer, Hugo Armanini, asserted that representatives from Summit also visited Santia’s home and requested access to her computer “in a bad manner.”
Shortly after Summit disputed many of Santia’s claims, stating emphatically that the company’s actions are “NOT about greed or the Studio wanting to bully a woman from a small town in Argentina.”
Summit claims it first met with Santia’s family on May 31 after “indisputable evidence” that connected her IP address with the materials. On June 8, Summit attests Santia “confessed in the presence of her attorney that she accessed servers and email accounts via a systematic attack — stealing photographs, unfinished images and video footage over several months.” The statement acknowledges that “technical experts” flew to her home town to review the contents of her computer, but only after her representation “indicated” they were willing to allow it, an offer Summit alleges Santia “renege[d] on” after the experts had arrived.
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