Jake Gyllenhaal Alleges Defamation Over Underwear Photo
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal's lawyers have ordered several websites to take down a picture of the actor showing him stretching in his underwear, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Attorneys for the Brokeback Mountain actor, 30, claim that "as anybody could tell from a cursory examination, this is a fake picture, in which our client's head has been pasted on the body of another person." The letter was sent to Queerty.com and Buzzfeed.com, among other sites.
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Gyllenhaal's pose in the photo is said to resemble a pose Grace Jones did for one of her album covers. Gyllenhaal's lawyers claim the photo is "defamatory" because the photo violates the actor's rights by "portraying him in a false light, violating his right of publicity and constituting a false designation of origin."
However, the legal action has backfired. Queerty.com said it planned to keep the photo up because " it hasn't been proven fake and because their letter bumped it from 'funny and cute' to 'actually newsworthy.'"