Emily Ratajkowski Writes Essay About Being Assaulted by Photographer

Model and actress Emily Ratajkowski had written an essay accusing photographer Jonathan Leder of sexually assaulting her during a nude photoshoot in 2012.

The essay was published on The New York Magazine's "The Cut," wherein Emily Ratajkowski described how Leder's fingers were inside her. She wrote that it hurt, so she had pulled his fingers out forcefully.

The shoot had happened at Leder's home, according to a report on USA Today.

According to her, she did not say anything after, and Leder got up and left to go upstairs.

Leder denied the model's accusation via a statement sent by the editorial director of his Imperial Publishing firm, Heather Tynan, to USA Today.

Tynan further said that the assault allegation was outrageous and libelous and deeply disturbed by reading the essay.

Tynan also said that they were disheartened that Emily Ratajkowski's essay, which they described as tawdry and baseless, was published by the NY Magazine. Although they also claimed that they were not surprised by the magazine's move.

The model claimed that she did not even know that she would be modeling lingerie in the photoshoot as her agent had not told her about it. She did not complain, though, as she had done lingerie shoot countless of times.

After the lingerie shoot, Leder had allegedly told her that they would try the nude shoot.

Ratajkowski alleged that Leder had plied her with red wine all throughout the shoot.

At first, they were accompanied by the makeup artist, but after the shoot, she left as they were looking over the photos. And, that was when the assault happened, according to a report on The Guardian.

Emily Ratajkowski said she went to bed and left the next day. She added that she never told anyone about what happened and that she also had tried hard not to think about it.

However, years later, the photos on that night were published by Leder in not just one but three books. The first had the title "Emily Ratajkowski" while the other had the title of "Two Nights With Emily."

Ratajkowski said that she had not consented to have her photos published in a book. She said they were only supposed to be for the magazine that she was shooting for that night. She, however, lost this battle as they claimed they had a signed model release from her.

Several years later, with the scenes of that night tucked deep in her memory, they were brought to the surface when she got a call from a popular magazine who asked if they could help promote her new book of photographs.

By then, Ratajkowski already had several achievements to her belt, so it was not surprising that the book clicked.

Imperial Publishing claimed that Ratajkowski's essay was her way of getting back at Leder as she could not stop publishing his book.

Leder was even quoted as having said that Emily Ratajkowski's allegations were tawdry and childish and did not merit a response.

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