A Central Florida woman claimed deputies in three counties used the state's driver database to illegally access her personal information.
Marnie Theodoropoulos is suing sheriff’s offices in Orange, Seminole and Brevard counties, where the deputies work.
Theodoropoulos said she has been going through an emotional time since 2009.
“I feel very unsafe," she said. "This was a horribly nasty divorce."
As if going through a divorce wasn't hard enough, she claimed she suffered an invasion of privacy at the hands of the deputies, when they accessed her private information from the state's driver license and vehicle information database without any official reason for searching.
"These searches are, in fact, illegal under federal law, and they shouldn't do them unless it's for a lawful purpose," said attorney Jason Harr.
Harr said the deputies had no reason to search Theodoropoulos' information. She wasn't part of an investigation.
Theodoropoulos and her husband had friends in law enforcement, and between 2011 and 2012, documents in her lawsuit indicated the sheriff's office employees from Seminole, Orange and Brevard counties accessed her information 17 times.
Theodoropoulos believes her husband wanted the information and called in a favor to his deputy friends to conduct the searches.
"Anything that would paint me in a negative light," said Theodoropoulos.
Theodoropoulos said she believes the agencies that allowed deputies to violate her privacy should pay for it.
"If I need something now, how do I trust law enforcement at this point?" she said.
Her ex-husband denied requesting the information from the Seminole deputy, and the deputy was cleared by the department.
Channel 9 was told the Orange County deputy may have been suspended for two days, but the sheriff's office has not confirmed that.
Channel 9 is waiting to hear back from Brevard County.
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