Like other celebrities who fell victim to a massive celebrity hacking, Kate Upton and Justin Verlander photos have also surfaced online. The Sports Illustrated model and Detroit Tigers pitcher player were spotted together at a baseball game when the alleged leak took place on the Internet.
Upton's lawyer, Lawrence Shire has made an announcement:
"This is obviously an outrageous violation of our client Kate Upton's privacy. We intend to pursue anyone disseminating or duplicating these illegally obtained images to the fullest extent possible."
The hacker, along with the alleged Kate Upton and Justin Verlander photos also uploaded compromising images of Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence, Yvonne Strahovski of TV series Chuck, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and targeted dozens of other celebrities including singer Ariana Grande and Australian actress Teresa Palmer. Several lists of the targeted actresses have also appeared online.
Gossip guru Perez Hilton, who within minutes uploaded the photos when it came out has apologized to readers due to an online backlash when he published the alleged photos. He has since then taken down the uncensored photos of Jennifer Lawrence and Victoria Justice and replaced them with censored versions, eventually deleting them altogther.
Representatives for 'The Hunger Games' actress have confirmed the legitimacy of the leaked photos, calling the hack a "violation of the star's privacy" and also threatened legal action against anyone who publishes the photos.
"The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence," says Lawrence's reps.
Victoria Justice took to her Twitter account and addressed the allgeed photos:
"These so called nudes of me are FAKE people. Let me nip this in the bud right now. *pun intended*"
Mary Winstead has also confirmed her leaked images via her Twitter:
Knowing those photos were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that went into this. Feeling for everyone who got hacked," she said.
"You know what's better then leaked nudes? Earning the trust and respect of another human to the point that they share their body with you."
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