EXCLUSIVE: 'Here's what I've got... somebody catfished him': Naked photos of Love Island contestant Charlie Taylor were distributed on a gay website last year
Love Island Australia contestant Charlie Taylor found himself at the centre of a revenge porn ordeal last year.
Leaked naked photos of the 22-year-old were distributed through an online sex forum by several male users in November 2017.
'Here's what I've got,' an unidentified man from Amsterdam wrote while uploading eight images of Charlie to the website.
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'Here's what I've got... somebody catfished him': Naked photos of Love Island contestant Charlie Taylor were distributed on a gay website last year, Daily Mail Australia can reveal
When another forum user asked the source of the sensitive material, a man from Durham, UK, responded: 'Somebody catfished him'.
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Before the images surfaced on the forum, a Tumblr blog dedicated to 'exposing' straight male celebrities - which has since been removed - was offering to sell the folder of content to the highest bidder.
'Catfishing' is where a person adopts a false persona online in order to deceive and manipulate people.
Ordeal: Leaked naked photos of the 22-year-old rugby player were distributed via an online sex forum by several male users in November 2017
In recent years, male celebrities have unwittingly provided 'catfishers' with intimate photos or videos that have subsequently been shared online without their consent.
Comedian and reality TV star Joel Dommett was targeted in a similar way in 2016.
He later spoke about his ordeal after the content emerged online.
Cruel: In recent years, male celebrities have unwittingly provided 'catfishers' with intimate photos or videos that have subsequently been shared online without their consent
'Basically someone messaged me online and after a while she said did you want Skype sex, so I was like ,"Yes",' Joel said. 'I was so naive.'
'I thought I was having Skype sex with someone but it was actually a video and it turned out it was someone watching me, watching porn – a porno Gogglebox.'
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel Nine for comment.
'I thought I was having Skype sex with someone but it was actually a video': Comedian and reality TV star Joel Dommett (pictured) was targeted in a similar way in 2016
Earlier this week, fellow Love Island star Josh Moss confessed to NW that he feared intimate photos of him could be circulated online.
'Hopefully nothing too outrageous comes out,' he said, adding that he had shared naked photos with several women before his TV debut.
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