The scandal over the chopped nude photos of celebrities from the USA and the UK, it now goes to the distribution of child pornography: U.S. gymnast McKayla Maroney said she was a minor, as their photographs were taken.

Like their fellow-sufferers Kirsten Dunst, Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton was gymnast McKayla Maroney US anything but thrilled when the Internet appeared nude photos of her. “These fake photos of me are crazy !!” she tweeted and also denied via Facebook first the authenticity of the images, the hackers had posted on the Internet.

Now Maroney threatens legal action against operators of websites who have shown the recordings. Lawyers for the Olympic champion said that the nude photos of her client were made when she was still a minor. So that it may be in addition to the illegal procurement of the photos also to the distribution of child pornography.

Lawyers to remove written letters to different pages-operator with a request that all images of Maroney immediately. A lawyer should, according to letters sent to multiple portals to the gossip site “TMZ”, which stressed that Maroney has the rights to the photos. This seems clear that at least some of the leaked photos are actually shots of the athlete, who has become until December 18.

Chopped Celebrity Photos: “This scandal is no joke”

A spokesman for the page porn.com said “TMZ” that the photos of Maroney were removed immediately after receiving the letter. Also platforms such Imgur.com showing the most popular photos on the web, or the online community Reddit have already responded to copyright complaints from celebrities and taken pictures of the pages or links disabled.

While Internet users Maroney convicted that they had the photos initially referred to as non genuine, strengthened colleagues and fans of the athlete’s back. The gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman showed its solidarity with all women who had been raped as it were by the irresponsible actions of the hackers:. “This scandal is no joke, and it is worrying that such an invasion of privacy for some people is entertaining”

Maroney thanked via Twitter with their most loyal fans: “Even when things seemed strange, you have stood by me And that means everything to me..”

Photos and videos of about a hundred mostly female celebrities from the United States and Great Britain had reached on Monday to the Internet. First, it had been called, the nude photos were passed through a vulnerability in the online storage service iCloud in the hands of hackers. This suspicion Apple has objected.

The company said it had acted to highly targeted attacks on usernames, passwords and security questions of individual celebrity. Now determined the FBI. It is assumed that a group of hackers was active for months in order to intercept the files.

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