Former cadet hopes to force change by suing military over Skype sex scandal Skype scandal victim launches legal action The female victim of the Skype sex scandal is to launch action against the Department of Defence. PT1M45S http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2wwxi 620 349 November 5, 2013 - 6:59AM The woman at the centre of the Defence Force's Skype affair plans to sue the military after what she says has been 2½ years of sexual harassment, ending in her discharge. "Kate" said her chief motivation was to force change in the sexual culture of the Defence Force, although she added that she needed money to rebuild her life. In 2011, Kate had sex with a fellow cadet, who secretly filmed the couple and sent the images to his friends in another room at the Australian Defence Force Academy. Daniel McDonald and Dylan Deblaquiere, both 21, were found guilty over the incident in an ACT Supreme Court and last month received 12-month good behaviour bonds. Kate lashed out at the sentencing and urged the Department of Public Prosecution to appeal, saying it set a "scary example" and would deter other victims of sexual assault from coming forward. She told the ABC on Monday she had wanted to continue with her career but suffered repeated harassment, even after changing bases. "[Some] boys . . . thought it was fun to terrorise me and call me the Skype slut," she said, adding that she had been discharged on medical and psychological grounds and planned to take legal action. Kate alleges Defence not only failed to support her but actively tried to discredit her name, including most seriously by leaking her personal medical records to the press. "It was just yet another invasion of my privacy," she told ABC's 7.30. The only place that it could come from is the defence force. Defence has vehemently denied the claims, with a spokesperson saying the department never provided her medical information to the media. "Defence has only provided records to official investigators, in accordance with the Privacy Act," Defence said in a statement. Defence has provided extensive support including logistics, medical, administrative and legal support to assist the member and will continue to do so. The department said complaints from Kate had been investigated with the highest priority and it had not yet received a legal claim. She separately told Channel Ten that she would file a case against the Defence Department in the Australian Human Rights Commission within days. David Wroe, Kate Hagan, AAP