Photos supposedly of the star emerged online Sunday night (Picture: AP)

Jennifer Lawrence’s reps have warned that anyone posting ‘stolen’ nude photos of the Oscar-winning actress will be prosecuted.

The explicit photos of JLaw were leaked online and spread on Twitter like wildfire on Sunday night.

Buzzfeed reports that photos of Lawrence, as well as other stars such as model Kate Upton, singer Ariana Grande and actress Victoria Justice, first appeared on 4chan.

The snaps allegedly surfaced due to an iCloud leak that allowed celebrities phones to be hacked.


Jennifer Lawrence and J-Law started trending on Twitter as soon as the photos leaked.

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Photos of singer Ariana Grande are rumoured to have been leaked (Picture: AP)

You would think many would be horrified that this had happened to a young successful woman, but alas no.



Sadly, many people were delighted that the pictures surfaced.

It is not known whether the photos are real, but Victoria Justice has since denied on Twitter that the pictures are of her.

These so called nudes of me are FAKE people. Let me nip this in the bud right now. *pun intended* — Victoria Justice (@VictoriaJustice) August 31, 2014

A spokesperson for Jennifer Lawrence said: ‘This is a flagrant violation of privacy.

‘The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence.’

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