Minnesota woman accused of swiping racy photos of Grady Sizemore that made the Internet rounds last year.
View full sizeA 19-year-old Minnesota woman has been charged with hacking into the accounts of Grady Sizemore's girlfriend and stealing, then posting, the racy photos of the Indians centerfielder that made the Internet rounds last year.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Charges were filed Wednesday against a 19-year-old Minnesota woman for stealing racy pictures of Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore from his girlfriend's computer.
Leah M. Ayers, from Apple Valley, Minn., was charged with two counts of unauthorized computer access, a gross misdemeanor.
Sizemore took the pictures of himself with a cell-phone camera and e-mailed them to his girlfriend, Brittany Binger, a former Playboy centerfold from Ohio. They were released on the Internet after last season, causing Sizemore to seek legal action to get them removed.
Indians GM Chris Antonetti had no comment on the story saying "it's a legal matter."
MLB's investigative unit helped track the hacker, but has no part in the current legal action.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that a complaint filed in Dakota County District Court says Ayers' laptop was used to view Binger's Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts. It added that personal information on those sites could have been used to change Binger's password and access her account in August 2009.
The Star-Tribune reported that Binger told police that she does not know Ayers and that the photos could only have come from Binger's e-mail account or the cell phone that was used to send them to her.
The investigation reportedly began when Binger contacted the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. It led to Ayers' parents in Apple Valley.