IT GUY FROM OFFICE SAVED MY NUDES!!

I’m feeling extremely stressed and helpless right now, so I really need you to hear me out. Recently, I had to return my office laptop because it was my last day at the company. They forced me to hand it over immediately, and since the termination was so sudden and unexpected, I didn’t have time to log out of my personal Gmail. My personal Gmail was linked to some office-related newsletters, but I didn’t think much of it at the time because I assumed they would reset the laptop.

Yesterday, the IT person from the company contacted me, advising me to log out of my personal Gmail. I explained to him that the termination was rushed, and I simply hadn’t had the chance, but there was nothing suspicious in my emails anyway. However, during the conversation, he confessed that he had accessed my GOOGLE PHOTOS linked to that account—going through 10 years of my personal photos under the pretence of “company policy.”

He claimed to have found some private photos, including ones I wasn’t even aware were saved there. He said he SAVED THEM, stating he “had a great time” going through my pictures. He even sent me some of the photos as proof and went on to make inappropriate advances, telling me he’d liked me from the beginning and that now, after seeing my photos, he wanted to “taste me.” He made further comments about us having “great chemistry.”

I was terrified and didn’t know how to respond. Out of fear, I told him I’d meet him in person to discuss this, though I have no intention of doing so. When I asked him politely to delete the photos, he said he would but implied he was doing me a favor and expected something in return. He was persistent about meeting in person, drinking, and doing things I am absolutely uncomfortable with. He also said that if someone else had accessed the photos, they wouldn’t have kept them to themselves, implying that I owed him for his “discretion.”

I feel so violated and unsure of what to do. My friends have told me I shouldn’t have agreed to meet him, and I realize now how unsafe that would be. I never thought something like this could happen. The company is a small startup with no HR or POSH policies, and I don’t trust anyone there to help me. I’m terrified he might use these photos to blackmail me, and I don’t believe he will delete them as he claims. I’m also scared that pursuing legal action might provoke him to distribute the photos, which I desperately want to avoid.

I do have recordings of our conversation because my phone automatically records calls from unsaved numbers. This situation has left me shaken, and I just can’t stop thinking about it. I need advice on what to do next.