In 1985, the music industry was buzzing with news of a potential scandal involving pop icon Madonna and adult magazine Playboy. It was reported that nude photos of Madonna had been taken years earlier and were set to be published in the magazine without her consent.
The alleged scandal began when nude photographs of Madonna taken by photographer Martin H. Schreiber surfaced. Schreiber claimed that he had taken the photos of Madonna in 1979 when she was a struggling artist in New York City. He also claimed that he had sold the rights to the photos to Playboy magazine for $10,000.
Madonna, who was by then a successful pop star, was furious about the news and immediately denied that she had ever given her consent for the photos to be published. She claimed that the photos were taken when she was a young and vulnerable artist who was trying to make it in the music industry. She also stated that she was not aware that the photos were being taken for publication in a magazine.
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