Actress Jessica Alba is threatening to sue Playboy Magazine over an appearance on their cover. Alba was apparently approached by Playboy to do a photo shoot for their cover. Alba claims when she turned them down, Playboy then went to Sony Pictures, who produced Alba's movie Into The Blue to get a publicity photo. Alba and Sony allege that Playboy told Sony she had given them permission to use her photo, so Sony provided Playboy with a publicity shot of her in a bikini. That photo ended up on Playboy's cover this month. The lovely Ms. Alba is annoyed that Playboy may be causing people who see her on the cover of the magazine to assume that she is also inside of the magazine wearing less than a bikini. (We could only hope…) Alba wants Playboy to pull the issue featuring her from newsstands and she wants unspecified monetary damages. Sony wants Playboy to apologize for their "outrageous, unethical behavior", although Sony has not taken any legal action up to this point. E! Online is one of many news outlets covering the story. Even CNN is following this one. (Apparently, even the thought of Jessica Alba naked has piqued everyone's interest.) The Smoking Gun has Jessica's attorney's opening legal shot directed at Playboy, as well as Sony's letter sent to the magazine.

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