Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney was a victim of the recent hack attack on celebrity nude photos, but is having them taken down due to her being underage when the photos were taken.
Maroney, who is now 18, was one of the youngest victims on a massive iCloud hack that stole photos from the likes of Jenifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Upton, Victoria Justice, and more.
Maroney initially denied the validity of the nude photos upon their release via Twitter.
According to TMZ, Maroney’s lawyer has been writing letters to porn sites demanding the photos be taken down since the gymnast was under 18 and the pictures are considered child porn.
The actions of Maroney’s lawyer clearly indicate that the photos are not fake like the gymnast had previously claimed.
Reddit has posted a notice to users that all of Maroney’s photos must be taken down for legal reasons, according to NY Daily News.
"It is considered CP (Child Pornography), and breaks reddit's site-wide rules (in addition to international law, age of consent is different than child pornography guys), and will get this subreddit banned if we were to allow them to be posted (not to mention the fact again, that it is child pornography)," a Reddit moderator wrote.
Maroney has gone on to thank fans for supporting her in this difficult time.
“Shout out to my fans for defending me all day long,” tweeted Maroney. “Even when things got weird u stood by me. And that meant the world.”
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