Kate Upton confirmed that nude photos of her were authentic, while McKayla Maroney reiterated that the purported naked pictures of her are fake.
Several naked photos of Upton went viral online on Monday after it was allegedly posted on 4chan before spreading on different social networking sites.
Some of the photos showed the super model taking a selfies in front of a mirror, while her boyfriend, Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, was also present in some pictures.
Upton's attorney confirmed to TMZ that the photos are authentic and that investigations are ongoing on how the photos were obtained.
"This is obviously an outrageous violation of our client Kate Upton's privacy," Upton said. "We intend to pursue anyone disseminating or duplicating these illegally obtained images to the fullest extent possible."
Verlander declined to comment about the leaked photos, saying that he will never talk about his personal life in public and that he is focused on his campaign with the Detroit Tigers.
"I'm not going to comment on my personal life," Verlander said on Tuesday via USA Today. "I never have, and I never plan on it. I keep my personal life personal."
"The focus for me is on the Detroit Tigers. I don't want to take any focus away from this team and what we're trying to accomplish. We're in the middle of a pennant race. We're trying to win a pennant. And all of my focus currently is on doing whatever I can to help our team win our division," the star pitcher added.
Maroney, on the other hand, took to Twitter to reiterate that the alleged photos of her are fake. The 2012 Olympic champion also thanked her fans for defending her since the pictures were posted online, saying: "Shout out to my fans for defending me all day long ... even when things got weird u stood by me. And that meant the world."
Aside from Upton and Maroney, more than 100 celebrities were involved in the massive photo leak, including Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence, recording artist Ariana Grande, Kirsten Dunst, Lea Michelle, Rihanna and Kim Kardashian.
Buzzfeed reported that the photos were hacked from the mobile phones of the involved celebrities through a glitch on Apple's iCloud service, but the Cupertino-based company denied such information.
"None of the cases we have investigated have resulted from any breach in any of Apple's systems including iCloud or Find my iPhone. We are continuing to work with law enforcement to help identify the criminals involved," Apple said in a statement.
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