Hacked Tiger Woods, Lindsey Vonn nude photos spark legal fight
By Hannah Withiam - Page Six
Tiger Woods is threatening to take a celebrity gossip website to court for leaking a nude photo of him online in a recent hack of several stars, including Woods’ ex-girlfriend Lindsey Vonn.
The recovering golfer has hired a lawyer, according to a TMZ report Monday, and said he will sue if the website Celeb Jihad does not take his photo down.
The hacker reportedly broke into Vonn’s phone and gained access to her photos as well as a nude selfie Woods had sent the Olympic skiier when they were dating.
A lawyer for Woods declined comment to Page Six except to say, “It is a private hacked photo.”
Woods and Vonn were one of sports’ hottest couples during their two-year relationship, which ended in May 2015. Vonn has since called dating Woods “really hard” because of all the scrutiny they were under as a celebrity couple at the top of their sports.
The website also posted nude photos of Miley Cyrus, Kristen Stewart, Stella Maxwell and Katharine McPhee. Like Woods, McPhee has hired a lawyer and threatened to sue, TMZ reported.
Woods, 41, recently completed a treatment program to help manage his use of painkillers and will enter a a diversion program for first-time DUI offenders after pleading guilty to reckless driving two weeks ago.
The former world No. 1 — who has not competed on the PGA Tour since February as he recovers from his fourth back surgery — was arrested in May after police found him asleep at the wheel. Wood had five drugs in his system at the time of his arrest, according to a toxicology report released last week.
Vonn, 32, is continuing her comeback from surgery after she broke her right arm in a training crash last November. After claiming her 77th World Cup win in January, the two-time Olympic medalist needs nine more to catch record-holder Ingemar Stenmark.
A rep for Vonn told Page Six: “It is an outrageous and despicable invasion of privacy for anyone to steal and illegally publish private intimate photos. Lindsey will take all necessary and appropriate legal action to protect and enforce her rights and interests. She believes the individuals responsible for hacking her private photos as well as the websites that encourage this detestable conduct should be prosecuted to the fullest extent under the law.”
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