Back in 2014, Jennifer Lawrence – one of the women victimised by Collins’ actions – described the hack as a “sex crime”.

“Just because I’m a public figure, just because I’m an actress, does not mean that I asked for this. It does not mean that it comes with the territory,” she told Vanity Fair.

The actress continued: “It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime. It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change.”

She’s right, of course. It doesn’t matter if a woman takes private photos of herself, or of her partner, or of the two of them together. It doesn’t matter what she’s doing in those photos. It doesn’t matter if she’s famous. It doesn’t matter if she is naked. And it still doesn’t matter if she has posted revealing photos of herself online before. Stealing explicit photos and publishing them online without a person’s consent is abusive, misogynistic and wrong – and those who do it should feel the full weight of the law.

Updates to follow.

Images: Rex Features

5 famous women have been targeted in a disgusting private photo hack