Photo-hacking scandal in Hollywood: Vile hacker is not above the JLaw

LA correspondent Katie Hind on why things are about to get worse, a lot worse, for the culprit behind the photo-hacking scandal

Nowhere is the celebrity photo-hacking scandal being talked about more than in Hollywood. New victims are emerging every day, most of them rich, successful, beautiful women.
And things are about to get a whole lot worse – for the culprit.
Because these women – including Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, Kate Upton and, most recently, Kelly Brook, who is over here to film her new sitcom One Big Happy – have joined forces with some hotshot lawyers to make sure they find this person and make him (we assume it’s a him...) pay for invading their privacy.

Hacked: Rihanna

  To many people it’s merely a case of nude pictures being circulated. Some find it funny. You know the sort of thing – what does an A-list actress expect if she’s going to send naked, raunchy pictures of herself to her boyfriend?
Sadly though, the issue goes deeper. This week J-Law insisted that photo-hacking with the intention of humiliating women is a sex crime. She’s absolutely right.
This is not a simple invasion of privacy. Young, and in some cases, vulnerable women are being put at risk here.

Victim: Kelly Brook

  The long-term effects of having private pictures of your naked body put out there for the world to see are potentially disastrous, the kind of thing that will haunt these women for ever, possibly prompting mental health issues which will mean their lives will never be the same again.
In the UK we’ve watched numerous ageing male celebrities tried in court following allegations of sexual abuse of young women. Some have been found guilty and punished for their crimes.
The same should happen to the vile person who has blighted the lives of these women. The fact they’re famous is totally irrelevant.
And while this person is rotting in prison, I hope these young, innocent victims can rebuild their lives, and still enjoy their stunning bodies.