Demi Moore’s Lawyer Demands Apology for “Clumsy Photoshop” Charge

Lawyers for Demi Moore have demanded an apology from the photographer who called the W magazine cover shot of the actress a case of sloppy Photoshopping. Photographer Anthony Citrano has posted on his Web site a letter he received via email from lawyer Martin D. Singer of Lavely & Singer (the same Los Angeles law firm that represents Tiger Woods).

The letter states that the W cover wasn’t retouched at all:
“My client’s hips, waist or legs were not altered, retouched, or photoshopped for the cover image. Statements stating the contrary are false and defamatory.”

Along with the letter, Citrano has also posted the attached notes signed by Creative Director Dennis Freedman of W and the photographers who took the cover photo, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, saying, “There was ABSOLUTELY no retouching on her hips or waist or legs!!” 

Citrano says he's sticking by his statement. He says he doesn’t understand what’s “inflammatory” about saying a cover photo of a celebrity was retouched. On his Web site, he writes, “I doubt a single image has graced a major magazine cover in the past decade without being altered in some way. Ms. Moore’s implication that her image went straight from camera to cover is incredible, whether she believes it or not. Simply put, this never happens.”

Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott are known for their celebrity portraiture, and for their fantastical images created in post-production.

 Citrano first noted on the site Boing Boing back in November that on the W cover shot, it appeared that “a clumsy Photoshop artist” had “awkwardly chopped off part of [Moore's] left thigh.” When Moore said on her Twitter posts that the photo was unretouched,  Citrano took the next step to publicize his claim: He offered to pay a $5,000 reward to charity if anyone could produce proof the image was not retouched.   

Citrano tells PDN he received Singer’s letter on Tuesday December 15 from the IP address of Lavely and Singer, and has no reason to doubt its authenticity. “If it's a fake, it's the best fake ever, and the faker gained access to L&S's mail server in order to send the email.” Singer did not respond to PDN’s request for a comment.

Comments

[Ali]

Apparently, it's not even Demi's body, but that of model Anja Rubik:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1230911/Questions-arise-Demi-Moores-magazine-cover-readers-ask-Is-really-body.html

[walt]

it's truly amazing that Ms. Moore's managed to conceal such a deformity from the public for so long - and while parading it around right under their noses, no less.

[danno watts]

and yet this article helps prove that it's not her body : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/24/demi-moores-photoshopped_n_369057.html

rocksteady,
danno~

[andy Batt]

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/28/demi-moores-lawyers.html

Boing Boing has more details regarding the lawyering going on - plus a new find: the Korean edition of W has a different hip.

http://www.boingboing.net/assets_c/2009/12/cover-comparison-demi-moore-28900.html

[Val]

Who gives a flying rat.
Ms. Moore obviously has one hell of an ego to go through the motion of responding to this nonsense via twitter and now a lawsuit.
Get over it Demi.
What a huge ego to waste time on something as trivial as this.
If she wants a good image I can think of one where it would be great to see her visiting a very impoverished country with kids surrounding her and she is passing out food , shoes and toys to them . That is one image where all this wasted energy should be pointed to versus her fretting over the case of the missing" hip".
I've lost all respect for this egomaniac.