Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo Nude

The Story:
Recently, while on vacation in Mexico a local photographer photographed Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo in the nude. The photos reveal a frontal topless shot of Minnillo and a backside shot of Jessica Simpson's former husband. Other pictures showed the two to be in various positions in a hot tub. The aforementioned shots seemed to be after the couple got out of the hot tub and the photographer could see over a wall blocking the couple while they were in the pool, though this is uncertain.

This was not the first time Minnillo has been involved in controversial photos. She and Lindsey Lohan were photographed engaging in some knife-play at one point.

Lachey commented that he didn't think the photos were that big of a deal on account of the fact that he was with his girlfriend on a private vacation with his girlfriend and not a with a "Mexican hooker," (Aceshowbiz.com)

Minnillo did not think she was in the wrong either, but admitted the photos were embarrassing.

Keeping the Photos off of the Internet:

The couple's lawyer has warned media outlets to take the photos down because Mexican photographer who violated Mexican law. Apparently he is doing a pretty good job of keeping the photos from being published online because the only photo I saw had a censored sticker over the celebrities private areas. Also, you can not see anything in the other photos - other than the awkwardness of some of the positioning the couple might be engaging in.

Life and Style Weekly magazine has published some photos, but apparently not nearly as raunchy as the ones that the Mexican photographer took and those are the ones that their lawyer is trying to keep from being published by other media outlets.

Author's Commentary: What Do You Think?

All of this stirs the pot and the question of what level of privacy should celebrities have?