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        <title><![CDATA[Emily Ratajkowski accuses photographer Jonathan Leder of sexual assault]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Emily Ratajkowski has accused photographer Jonathan Leder of sexually assaulting her during a photo shoot at his Catskills home in 2012 — claims he strongly denies.</p><p>In a <strong>lengthy essay for NY mag</strong> published Tuesday, the 29-year-old model and actress wrote that her then-agent had her travel to Leder’s upstate home for an unpaid photo shoot for a magazine called Darius that required an overnight stay.</p><p>Then an unknown 20-year-old model, Ratajkowski writes that upon arriving at Leder&#8217;s home she was surprised to discover she would be modeling lingerie. In an attempt to appear mature, she accepted the red wine he offered her throughout the evening.</p><p>&#8220;I’d been taught that it was important to earn a reputation as hardworking and easygoing,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;&#8216;You never know who they’ll be shooting with next!&#8217; my agent would remind me.&#8221;</p><p>After being photographed in lingerie, Ratajkowski claims Leder said, &#8220;Let’s try naked now.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;The second I dropped my clothes, a part of me disassociated,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I began to float outside of myself, watching as I climbed back onto the bed. I arched my back and pursed my lips, fixating on the idea of how I might look through his camera lens. Its flash was so bright and I’d had so much wine that giant black spots were expanding and floating in front of my eyes.&#8221;</p><p>Later, when the makeup artist who was present for the shoot went to bed, Ratajkowski said she felt wide awake, but &#8220;very, very drunk.&#8221; She writes that she and Leder were huddled under a blanket on the couch when he started asking her about her boyfriends and watched as she rubbed her feet together to keep them warm.</p><p>“He told me he liked &#8216;that foot thing you’re doing,&#8217; and I remember this moment more clearly than anything else,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;I hate that Jonathan commented on something I’ve done throughout my life to comfort myself.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Most of what came next was a blur except for the feeling. I don’t remember kissing, but I do remember his fingers suddenly being inside of me,&#8221; she claims. &#8220;Harder and harder and pushing and pushing like no one had touched me before or has touched me since. I could feel the shape of myself and my ridges, and it really, really hurt. I brought my hand instinctively to his wrist and pulled his fingers out of me with force. I didn’t say a word. He stood up abruptly and scurried silently into the darkness up the stairs.&#8221;</p><p>Ratajkowski writes that she went to bed and caught a train home the next morning.</p><p>Years later, the photos Leder took <strong>were published in a book</strong>, although Ratajkowski claims Leder and Imperial Publishing had no right to use the images. At the time, lawyer sent cease-and-desist letters to the book&#8217;s publisher, Imperial Publishing, and an art gallery planning to hold an exhibition of the photos.</p><p>A rep for Imperial Publishing, who represents Leder, emphatically denied Ratajkowski&#8217;s claims to Page Six on Tuesday.</p><p>&#8220;We are all deeply disturbed to read Ms. Ratajkowski’s latest (false) statements to NY Mag in her never-ending search for press and publicity,&#8221; the rep said. &#8220;Of course Mr. Leder totally denies her outrageous allegations of being &#8216;assaulted.&#8217;&nbsp; It is grotesque and sad that she is so vindictive to lie in such a way to the press routinely.&#8221;</p><p>Ratajkowski steadfastly maintains that she didn’t even sign a release for the photos and neither did her agent. Leder claims there was a release contract signed. Ratajkowski claims that, in the end, her attorney advised her against pursuing a lawsuit because it would be “fruitless” and outrageously expensive.</p><p>Leder&#8217;s rep, however, says, &#8220;She knows she has no legal recourse to stop publication, so bad mouthing the photographer (again) with salacious accusations seems to be her newfound answer.</p><p>&#8220;It is a shame, because the photos are really powerful and they are beloved by so many of her fans.&#8221;</p><p>Page Six was unable to get in touch with Darius magazine.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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