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Taylor Swift Threatens Legal Action over ‘topless photo’

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Taylor Swift Threatens Legal Action over ‘topless photo’

Taylor Swift has stated that the ‘leaked’ topless photos of herself circulating online are fake, and she has threatened to sue the website that published them.

Celebrity Jihad claimed over the weekend that a photo of a curly-haired blonde female laying topless on a bed was a leaked photo of Swift. Swift’s legal team wrote to Celebrity Jihad shortly after, requesting that the photo be taken down, claiming that it was not in fact Swift.

They allege the picture comprises “false news” and “false pornographic images” of Swift. The caption accompanying the post reads “Taylor Swift Private Pic Leaked?”.

A Celebrity Jihad spokesperson informs TMZ that the site is “weighing its options.”

A representative for Celeb Jihad acknowledged the legal threat in a statement to E! News, but added that the site would comply to her demands if she agreed to convert to Islam. Really.

“We are 100‰ serious about removing the picture if Taylor Swift agrees to convert to Islam,” a representative for the site said, adding that the site may pursue its own justice under religious law. “We have yet to hear back.”

Swift, for one, has remained silent about the controversy, preferring instead to focus on obtaining some rest and relaxation.

She is now marketing her Wonderstruck perfume around the United States.

The Grammy winner is also on the American part of a world tour in support of her latest album, Speak Now, which will end on Nov. 22 in New York before heading to Australia and New Zealand early next year.

The photo clearly isn’t of Taylor Swift, so the whole thing should presumably go away soon. Despite the fact that a hacker has already been jailed for stealing nude images of Scarlett Johansson and Christina Aguilera, the message to young female stars remains unwavering: Nobody can take your nude photos if they don’t exist. Though if they can’t, evidently, they’re glad to fake it.

Meg White of The White Stripes was previously the victim of a bogus pornography scam when a fake sex film purporting to show the drummer surfaced online, and singer Rihanna was forced to refute rumors that she had produced a similar adult video with rapper J-Cole in August of this year.

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