Evanoff charged over alleged fraternity chat video

Alexander Michael Evanoff, 19, was arrested October 19 and charged with two felony counts of secret peeping and one count of disclosing private images after allegedly recording an intimate encounter without a woman’s consent and sharing the video in a fraternity group chat. Police and court documents say the recording was made September 19 in a woman’s dorm room at UNC Charlotte. Later that day, Evanoff allegedly sent the video to a Snapchat group chat for Sigma Alpha Epsilon that had about 32 members. The woman was a UNC Charlotte student; the university says Evanoff is not currently enrolled. According to an affidavit and arrest warrant, Evanoff told investigators that he intentionally recorded and distributed the video without the woman’s permission. The documents also say he acknowledged that sharing it could embarrass and humiliate her. After the woman confronted him, he reportedly agreed that sending the video could make him appear cool and apologized, according to the affidavit. The charges concern the alleged recording and distribution, not whether the sexual encounter itself was consensual. The allegations have not been tested in court, and Evanoff has not been...