Jennifer Lawrence breaks her silence and calls the theft of her intimate photos a "sex crime"
The American actress Jennifer Lawrence spoke for the first time about the leak by hackers of a series of photos that were stolen from her and in which she appeared naked, assuring that the fact "was not a scandal" but "a sexual crime" .
In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine, the 24-year-old actress explained that when the images were made public on August 31, she thought about writing a statement although she could not.
"Everything I tried to write made me cry or angry. I started writing an apology, but I have nothing to apologize for. I was in a beautiful, healthy and great relationship for four years. It was a long distance relationship, and the The option is for your boyfriend to watch porn or watch you, "said the interpreter.
As BBC Mundo journalist Jaime González recalls from Los Angeles, compromising images of more than a hundred famous people have leaked online since the end of August, among which, in addition to Jennifer Lawrence, are celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Hudgens, Kate Upton, Ariana Grande and Kirsten Dunst, among others.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is trying to find out the origin of the leak of the photos, believed to have been stolen from Apple's virtual storage service.
"Scared"
In the interview with Vanity Fair, Jennifer Lawrence confessed that after the publication of the images she "was very scared" and "did not know how it was going to affect my career."
"Just because she is a public figure and an actress does not mean that she asked for this to happen to me."
"It's my body, and it would have to be my decision, and the fact that it wasn't my decision is absolutely disgusting. I can't believe we live in a world like this," said the Oscar winner.
"It is not a scandal, it is a sex crime," Lawrence said.
The American actress also said that "anyone who looks at the photos" is perpetuating the sexual offense "and she should" be ashamed. "
Lawrence also acknowledged that some of her close associates told him that they had seen the images, which made him think that she "had not given them permission" to look at her naked body.
The protagonist of the saga of "The Hunger Games" also assured that the law has to be changed and that she does not understand how someone can want to profit by exploiting and sexually raping another person.
