I would really appreciate if you can take the story down to end the cycle of discussion around this."Īpparently the camera angles within the game are able to be changed if the gamer has a debugged PS3. "The images are from an illegally hacked console and is very damaging for Ellen Page," a Sony representative reportedly told Cinema Blend in the days following the scandal. Most of the sites gladly took the photos down to help Sony avoid the lawsuit, but perhaps it was just a strategic move to save face on some bad press.Įven though the video game is animated and Page provides the voice of the game, the likeness of the character is modeled after Page, so nude images within the game make it look as if it is her. I mentioned legal issues, but I was wrong and therefore this case loses its point," was the comment the site received from their Sony source. "I made a mistake in our last correspondence. Eskimo Press was one of the news sites asked to take the pictures down, and upon doing so then decided to follow up a few weeks later on the lawsuit. Initially it was reported that Page was going to sue Sony for putting nude photos of her in a game, and in turn, Sony went after all the websites that were posting the images to try and put out the firestorm.
The main problem aside from the nudity was Page had no idea a fully mapped out nude model of her existed and threatened to sue Sony, but the story turned out to be not entirely accurate. Last month the game Beyond: Two Souls had a controversial start when nude images of the main character, Jodie, portrayed by actress Ellen Page, were leaked on Reddit. Facebook Twitter Email Print Img No-img Menu Whatsapp Google Reddit Digg Stumbleupon Linkedin Comment 0