Child Pornography Might Be Among The Leaked Nude Celebrity Photos

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Among the scandals of celebrity leaked nude photo, there were reports of child pornography images that were being included in the leaked imagery.

Reports by TMZ suggest that Olympic gymnast, McKarla Maroney, when her hacked nude photos were taken was allegedly under the age of eighteen because of that she has raised legal action against the porn websites who had published her images.

TMZ found that a letter was sent to Porn.com from the lawyers of McKarla Maroney in which they have informed that the pictures were taken when she was underage and hence ordered immediate removal of it from the internet.

Another lawyer on behalf of the gymnast sent another letter to many other online publications warning them that McKayla was the only one who had copyright to the images.

On Twitter, the teenager claimed that the photos were fake but the legal warnings to the online websites indicate that it was McKayla in the pictures.

The message on Twitter read:

the fake photos of me are crazy!! was trying to rise above it all, and not give "the creator" the time of day.. BUT.. pic.twitter.com/hceQcOxYkJ
— McKayla Maroney (@McKaylaMaroney) September 1, 2014

A representative from Porn.com said that the instant that they received the legal notice, images of McKayla were immediately taken off. Reddit administrators are taking no chances despite the Olympian's claims that the the images are not genuine and have instructed the moderators of the #CelebGate group to take off her images. Another popular personality, U.S. actor Liz Lee, who was not included in the leaks was pulled into the scandal. Reddit users are sharing pictures of her, from 2007 when she was sixteen, allegedly taken by her ex-boyfriend.

A message was sent to the users of Reddit that read: "Effective immediately: any images/galleries/torrents/megadumps etc containing McKayla Maroney or Liz Lee will be removed due to the fact that they were underage (<18) in the photos taken". Maroney has been receiving a lot of support from her fans. She wrote on Twitter thanking them. Her message read: