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Scarlett Johansson Hates Her Nude-Photo Hacker
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Scarlett Johansson spoke out today about Christopher Chaney, the man who hacked her nude photos and distributed them around the internet, and who was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in federal prison. According to the LA Times, ScarJo said that she was "truly humiliated and embarrassed" by what Chaney did, calling his actions "perverted and reprehensible."
The photos that made their way around the web featured her naked backside and naked breasts, images that she said she took for her then-husband Ryan Reynolds.
Chaney said only that he was "sorry," and that "I could be sentenced to never use a computer again and I wouldn't care."
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