Newsmakers | Hot or not, Alba's definitely mad - that Playboy 'damaged her image'

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, March, 2006 | by Tirdad Derakhshani

Playboy has responded to the demands of an irate Jessica Alba that it pull its March issue, which depicts a bikini-clad Alba on the cover.

Alba, 24, who is threatening a lawsuit, says Hugh Hefner's flagship has violated her rights and is misleading readers into believing the mag contains a nude pictorial of the actress. (It does not.) She wants compensation for damage done to her image. (Image? No offense, but maybe she ought be paying them for the image upgrade.)

"Playboy has done nothing wrong, so there is no reason to pull our issue off of newsstands," a Playboy rep said.

In an ironic twist, the mag says Alba is on the cover because of her lovely image. The issue's cover story is about the 25 sexiest celebs. And readers voted Alba, who starred in The...