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Italian TV journalist Diletta Leotta speaks out after naked photos of her were leaked

An Italian sports journalist targeted by hackers, who leaked nude pictures of her, has said victims of cruel data breaches should not be made to feel guilty.

Diletta Leotta, 25, a TV presenter and reporter for Sky Sports in Italy, said she had been reduced to tears after the images were circulated.

But speaking for the first time about the hack, she said: 'I want to say to the girls or the boys who have experienced the same thing, that you should not feel guilty.

Diletta Leotta said she had been reduced to tears after the images were circulated

Diletta Leotta said she had been reduced to tears after the images were circulated

She said: 'Everyone has the right to do what they want with their life, their privacy and their mobiles' The presenter said she was stunned when the pictures were leaked

She said: 'Everyone has the right to do what they want with their life, their privacy and their mobiles'

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'Everyone has the right to do what they want with their life, their privacy and their mobiles.'

After the images surfaced online, the presenter - who has more than a million social media followers - said she was inundated with messages.

But Italian striker Mario Balotelli, 26, spoke out for her, stating: 'Everyone is free to do what they want with their body, for better or worse. People who abused this situation are a**holes.'

Leotta said only a handful of the pictures were authentic.

Italian footballer Mario Balotelli spoke up for her, branding the people who abused the situation as 'a**holes'

Italian footballer Mario Balotelli spoke up for her, branding the people who abused the situation as 'a**holes'

She stated: 'My phone would not stop ringing with calls, messages, WhatsApp... I didn't cry at first. I found strength I didn't even know I had. But after three days, yes, I succumbed.

'Those photos maybe I sent to someone, perhaps a couple of them. I hadn't seen the pictures for years. I thought I had deleted them. I wouldn't even describe them as sexy.

'I became aware that they were part of my private archive. Someone must have intentionally hacked into my iCloud account.'

And the TV presenter said she had been accused 'by less intelligent and sensitive people' of leaking the photographs herself for the publicity.

Leotta stated: 'It seems clear that the road I want to take is very different.'

Leotta presents Sky Sports' coverage of Serie B football in Italy, along with colleague Gianluca Di Marzio. 

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