Jennifer Lawrence, other female celebs targeted in online nude photo scandal
A rep for Jennifer Lawrence, who won an Academy Award in 2013 for her
role in "Silver Linings Playbook," says photos of the actress posted
online were stolen.
In a major breach of privacy, a hacker leaked a series of pictures
allegedly showing Jennifer Lawrence and other female celebrities in the
nude.
Purported nude
photographs of Lawrence, who won an Academy Award last year for her role
in "Silver Linings Playbook," were splashed on various sites Sunday.
They appeared on 4chan, Reddit, Twitter and Tumblr, among others.
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Celebrity blogger Perez
Hilton followed suit -- and posted what he said were naked photos of
Lawrence and actress Victoria Justice.
He later took them down.
"Upon further reflection
and just sitting with my actions, I don't feel comfortable even keeping
the censored photos up. I am removing them," Hilton tweeted. "At work we
often have to make quick decisions. I made a really bad one today."
The leaked photos sparked
an online backlash, with some of the targeted celebrities decrying them
as fake while others confirmed they're real.
Lawrence's publicist said the photos are a "flagrant violation of privacy."
"The authorities have
been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of
Jennifer Lawrence," the publicist said in a statement.
Other celebrities targeted also spoke out.
"To those of you looking
at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home,
hope you feel great about yourselves," actress Mary E. Winstead wrote.
"Knowing those photos
were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that went
into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked."
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