Sergei Kholodovskii, the Russian man who runs the website that leaked the naked photos of Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton, said the release was “good PR” for the celebrities, and doesn’t plan to stop posting the photos, The Sun reports.
The 28-year-old said that though the site, which The Sun didn’t name, is owned by his business partner who lives in Europe, he is “in charge of hosting and all technical matters to do with the running of this site.”
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Kholodovskii said he sees no problem with sharing the nude photos. (RELATED: Nude Photos Of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton Released In HUGE Leak)
“If there are more pictures to post, we will post them.”
While Kholodovskii isn’t the hacker, he is allegedly the “technical brains behind the site” registered in Arizona.
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Over 100 of Jennifer Lawrence’s nude, sexually explicit, and personal photos were released during the massive hack, and when the 24-year-old first spoke out about it last week, she called it a “sex crime” and “a sexual violation.” (RELATED: Jennifer Lawrence Won’t Apologize For Nude Photos)
But Kholodovskii sees it differently.
“I would not call it sex abuse. These pictures are good PR for these celebrities. Some of them were not that known before. Now people are talking about them.”
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He also said there is no illegal activity behind the site he maintains, because all the pictures were taken from open sources.
“If you do a Google check on each picture, you will find them easily on the internet or on social networks.” (RELATED: Celebrities Threaten Google With Nude Photos Lawsuit)