Madonna is battling to stop explicit photographs of her from being released.

The pop superstar - who has instructed her legal team to stop a collection
of private love letters and explicit images from being exposed - is said to
be worried the assortment of items could harm her chances of permanently
adopting her Malawi son David Banda.

Madonna - who is set to be inspected by the head of Malawi's child welfare
services to see if she can keep David - sent 17 notes and seven naked
photographs of herself to her then-boyfriend James Albright in the early
90s.

The 48-year-old star, who is now married to film director Guy Ritchie, is
said to be "devastated" about the items being released at such an important
time.

The collection was recently sold to investment company Marquee Capital who
are now hoping to make more than $200,000 from auctioning off the items.

Some of the photographs, which were taken by Madonna, feature her naked in a
series of sexual poses.

The collection, which is also said to include Madonna's underwear, features
handwritten letters on the singer's headed paper.



The steamy notes are signed either 'Spanky' - apparently a reference to her
sexual preferences at the time - or 'Lola's Mom' along with a pink lipstick
kiss mark.

Madonna began dating her former bodyguard Albright in 1992 and the pair
remained close until 1994.

A source at Marquee Capital told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper: "It's not
all about sex. Some of the notes and letters talk of her world falling
apart, others talks of her feeling really low and down. She calls Albright
the best looking guy in the world.

"The letters show us that at the height of her career, she was actually a
very insecure woman."

Madonna's lawyers insist selling the collection would be an invasion of the
singer's privacy and a breach of her copyright.

Her fault.

Agreed. Shouldn't take nakie photos if you don't want anybody to see them when you''re super famous.
I think it is rather cruel of anyone to auction off personal things like that though, nobody should let that happen to anything as personal as love notes

Does she think the world forgot about her Sex book?

just another case of the past biting someone in the ass. it's not like they were done before she was famous, she was already famous. so, yep her fault.

Please, she's Madonna. She could survive a few n00dz leaking into the media.

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Reading that made me nostalgic for the days when this old hag was actually interesting. There hasn't been anything like this written about her in years.
Even her Britney kiss came across like some Machiavellian old skeez doing whatever she has to for a few more minutes of fame. Gone are the care free days of her eariler career when you believed she might actually like sex.

By the way, does anybody have a picture of this Jim Albright. I tried Googling him, but I don't think this is him:

Exactly! And it is completely her fault. I doubt that it would stop her though. Angelina Jolie has adopted a bunch of kids and she's done worse. That didn't stop her.

how is it completely her fault that they're being auctioned off?

and a decade or so later? please.

& regarding the sex book, that book was her idea. it wasn't some sleazy asshole exboyfriend selling it w/o her consent. there is a difference, here. but i know you guys are all of 17 years old. so i won't bother arguing any further than this post.

nobody deserves to have their privacy auctioned off against their will.

Although I partially agree with aaron, you auction off your own privacy when you take nude pictures of yourself and give them to someone else, no matter who you are.

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well perhaps.

but he is far more to blame than her.

she can't choose to "un-take" the pictures. he can choose not to auction them.

and EDIT: i really don't think that once you take a photograph of yourself in a private setting that it should be fair game for anyone who wants to see it to be able to actually see it. <---- which is an issue that we, on this board, are very familiar w/.

I don't dispute the fact that auctioning them off is incredibly tacky and an invasion of privacy to some degree. The argument that it could impact the adoption is utter tripe, though. We've all seen her naked already. I'd have had more sympathy if she'd just said she didn't want them out there for personal reasons.

It is disgusting that he's auctioning them off and she doesn't deserve that. But she did take those photos and being a celebrity she should know that everything gets out sooner or later. That and its bullshit that its going to stop her from adopting that kid. Shes using that as a reason to get them back. She wants them back because of her own personal reasons the adoption has nothing to do with it. Oh and not all of us are 17 just so you know.

Completely was just the wrong word to use.

Ohmigosh that is just AwFuL...and sad...

I think you've nailed it. Whatever happened to her savvy?

Well about those pictures..

Madonna can use this as her defense...

Today Madonna does not look like that because today she trims and shaves...

I meant today she has someone trim and shave her pubes.

Meh...
It could be worse!
Like come on this is the same woman that deepthroats a coke bottle and
runs around nude with various models In here movie Truth or Dare.
Madonna Your a still a Milf! Get over it...

Exactly. This has happened to her before, though at the time she wasn't a celeb just yet. What on earth made her think it could never possibly happen again?

I think the biggest problem is the timing. At the least they could wait til the woman permanently adopts her son. She fears losing him than people seeing yet another nekkid photo of her. I also don't think she's all that crushed about an ex willing to sell the shit either.

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