Former “Naked and Afraid” star Danielle Beauchemin secured a $175,000 settlement after accusing her supervisor, Arthur True, of accessing her private Google Photos account and downloading dozens of explicit photographs and videos, according to a lawsuit, as reported by The New York Post.

Beauchemin appeared in multiple episodes of “Naked and Afraid” between 2014 and 2021. The files allegedly accessed by True came from her time on the reality television show and were linked to her old personal cellphone.

The explicit material was uncensored, although the images were blurred when the Discovery Channel aired the program. The lawsuit alleged that True reached the private files through Beauchemin’s office computer.

Beauchemin previously worked in emergency management in Kennebec County, Maine. Her lawsuit, filed last December, alleged that she discovered the unauthorized access in April 2023, roughly four months after the county hired her.

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The complaint specifically noted that Beauchemin had never accessed the files through her work computer. Nevertheless, her personal Google Photos account allegedly became accessible through that computer.

True later admitted to downloading dozens of nude photographs and videos of his subordinate, according to the lawsuit. The alleged conduct also triggered a separate criminal case.

True faces criminal charges of invasion of computer privacy and stalking. He pleaded not guilty to those charges in July 2024, Central Maine reported.

Beauchemin said county officials retaliated against her in the weeks after she reported True. The lawsuit described an increasingly hostile workplace rather than a straightforward response to her allegations.

Human resources personnel appeared to minimize the issue when Beauchemin raised it, according to the complaint. She alleged that officials subsequently created a hostile work environment by belittling her, blaming her in the office and changing her job responsibilities.

The county also rescinded Beauchemin’s permission to bring her service dog to work, the lawsuit alleged. Those actions were among the retaliatory measures she identified in her federal complaint.

An investigation found that surveillance footage near Beauchemin’s office had been deleted, according to Central Maine’s account of the lawsuit. Two spy cameras were also delivered to the building, while tools and a flashlight were placed in the ceiling above her office.

Beauchemin eventually took unpaid medical leave. During that leave, the county terminated her position when commissioners voted to reallocate federal COVID-19 pandemic recovery funds, according to the complaint.

She later contacted Augusta Police about the matter. True resigned the following day, the lawsuit said.

Under the settlement, Beauchemin, who is from Falmouth, Maine, received $20,000 in lost wages and $84,595 in alleged damages. Her attorneys received the remaining $70,405 for their services.

The money came from Kennebec County’s publicly funded insurer. The federal lawsuit was settled on Aug. 16, and the payments were issued on Sept. 29, Central Maine reported.

The agreement did not include an admission of liability from the county, according to Peter Marchesi, one of the county’s attorneys. The settlement resolved Beauchemin’s federal lawsuit but did not resolve the separate criminal charges against True.

True’s criminal case was moved out of Kennebec County in March after his attorney successfully argued that a possible conflict of interest existed because of where True had worked. The case was transferred to Lincoln County.

The criminal matter is on the list for a docket call in January. Attorneys representing Kennebec County and True did not immediately respond to requests for comment.