We’re pretty sure that the woman shown in the nude cell phone pictures is Rihanna. It really looks like her, and the tattoos and piercings seem to match up, but the photos are grainy and it’s hard to tell. Another leaked photo of Chris Brown with a pair of panties on his head suggests that it’s Rihanna in the other photos, but it could be coincidence. Of course, fingers are now pointing at Chris as the person who leaked the photos in the first place – what better way to make yourself look good by trying to change public opinion about the girl you beat up? That’s logic right there.

Chris’s rep is of course denying the allegations, calling the story “defamatory.” Def Jam, Rihanna’s label, has also sent cease and desist letters to news outlets that published the pictures, because they “violate the Artist’s rights” – without confirming or denying that the pictures are actually of Rihanna.

A rep for Chris Brown says he had nothing to do with alleged nude photos of Rihanna hitting the internet.

“This is both a false and defamatory statement. Chris has not released or ‘leaked’ any photos of Rihanna (or anyone else for that matter),” his rep told Essence.com after gossip blogger Perez Hilton claimed Brown “must be responsible” for distributing the raunchy photos.

On Friday, her label Def Jam sent cease and desist letters to outlets who published the photos — reportedly showing Rihanna and Brown in various states of undress — claiming the images violate “the Artist’s rights.” The label neither confirmed nor denied whether it is actually Rihanna in the nude photos.

[From Us Weekly]

Now that the beating scandal has died down a bit and Chris Brown might not be going to jail after all because of the leaked pictures of Rihanna’s battered face, it’s sad that the situation has turned to a naked photo scandal. Whether or not Chris Brown leaked the photos himself, it’s a low blow. Rihanna is already in a vulnerable position, career-wise and personally, and she’s been getting criticism for possibly being back with Chris. She has also been seen out with her old high school boyfriend Neagus Sealy in Barbados. Hopefully the leaked photos aren’t meant as a way to get back at her for rekindling her old high school love.

Chris Brown and Rihanna are shown on 4/16/09. Credit: bauergriffinonline.com