News Digest

Jennifer Lawrence calls stolen nude photos a ‘sex crime’

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence has spoken publicly for the first time after naked pictures of her were hacked and posted online, angrily slamming the leak as a “sex crime.” Speaking exclusively to Vanity Fair, the rising siren of the silver screen said she felt violated and was afraid how the hacked photographs would affect her career. “Just because I’m a public figure, just because I’m an actress, does not mean that I asked for this,” she told the November issue of the magazine.

Just the fact that somebody can be sexually exploited and violated, and the first thought that crosses somebody’s mind is to make a profit from it. It’s so beyond me. I just can’t imagine being that detached from humanity. I can’t imagine being that thoughtless and careless and so empty inside.

Jennifer Lawrence to Vanity Fair

She told Vanity Fair she had sent the photographs to her then boyfriend while they were in a long distance relationship. Hackers dumped nude photos of more than a dozen Hollywood celebrities on social media last month after snatching them from Apple’s iCloud in what the tech giant called a “targeted attack.” More than a dozen Hollywood celebrities have threatened to sue Google for failing to crack down on the leaks. A letter by prominent Tinseltown lawyer Marty Singer published by the Hollywood Reporter warned they could seek $100 million in damages for failing to take down the photos.

I started to write an apology, but I don’t have anything to say I’m sorry for.

Jennifer Lawrence