Porsche Girl / Nikki Catsouras Photographs Controversy

OverviewPorsche Girl is the nickname commonly associated with leaked gore images of late Californian teen Nikki Catsouras, which show her badly mangled corpse after she crashed her father's Porsche 911 Carrera on October 31st, 2006. Photos from the crash showing Catsouras's disfigured body were leaked online by two California Highway Patrol officers shortly after and widely shared on MySpace causing the grieving family to take legal action to stop the spread. The ensuing controversy surrounding the images, particularly them being sent to her parents, has been widely covered since then, as well as the event being referenced in memes similar to other infamous shock media online. BackgroundOn October 31st, 2006, Nikki Catsouras from Orange County California left her house in her father's Porsche 911 Carrera without her parents' permission. After Nikki's mother informed her father about her leaving home in the Porsche, he set out driving to try and find her. He called 911 minutes before th...