--- title: Emma Watson Takes Legal Action After Private Photos Surface description: The 'Beauty and the Beast' star is allegedly the latest target of a photo hack, with images taken for a clothes fitting leaked online. canonical: https://time.com/4702626/emma-watson-picture-hack/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-15T19:34:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:54.026Z og:title: Emma Watson Takes Legal Action After Private Images Appear Online og:description: Her spokesperson tells TIME that photos from a clothing fitting were stolen og:url: https://time.com/4702626/emma-watson-picture-hack/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a4a5615fa9ff854/6988bc5697cdff24ad6afa43/emma-watson-harry-potter-fans.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: "Beauty And The Beast" - UK Launch Event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Emma Watson Takes Legal Action After Private Images Appear Online twitter:description: Her spokesperson tells TIME that photos from a clothing fitting were stolen twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a4a5615fa9ff854/6988bc5697cdff24ad6afa43/emma-watson-harry-potter-fans.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Emma Watson Takes Legal Action After Private Images Appear Online > Sponsored content. 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Emma Watson attends UK launch event for 'Beauty And The Beast' at Spencer House on February 23, 2017 in London, England. Tim Whitby/Tim Whitby/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 15, 2017 7:34 PM UTC [_Beauty and the Beast_](http://time.com/4702466/josh-gad-emma-watson-horse/) star and [equal rights advocate](http://time.com/4695578/emma-watson-free-books-international-womens-day/) Emma Watson is pursuing legal action against [alleged hackers](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39280844) who leaked private pictures of the actress online. The images do not include nudity, but they have appeared online without her permission, a spokesperson for Watson told TIME in a statement. “Photos from a clothes fitting Emma had with a stylist a couple of years ago have been stolen,” her publicist explained in an e-mail to TIME. “They are not nude photographs. Lawyers have been instructed and we are not commenting further.” Watson has been in the spotlight recently promoting the live-action remake of the 1991 animated Disney musical. A UN Women Goodwill Ambassador since 2014, Watson also works as an advocate, participating in events like [International Women’s Day](http://time.com/4695578/emma-watson-free-books-international-womens-day/), running a [global feminist book club](http://time.com/4565572/emma-watson-is-hiding-free-books-in-new-york-citys-subway-now/) and frequently discussing her [identity as a feminist.](http://motto.time.com/4691381/emma-watson-photo-feminism-vanity-fair/) Watson was threatened with a leak of nude photos in 2014 after giving a speech on gender equality. She [later said](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/09/emma-watson-feminist-international-womens-day-facebook) that she knew the threat was a hoax because the photos did not exist and [tweeted](https://twitter.com/EmmaWatson/status/506531006380527617?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) her disappointment with both the violation and the “lack of empathy” surrounding it. ## Transcript I want men to take up this mantel. So that their daughters, sisters and mothers can be free from prejudice. But also, so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and human too. Reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned. And in doing so. 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