Justin Timberlake, who once told ex-girlfriend Britney Spears to “Cry Me a River,” is coming to her defense.
Photos of Spears, her husband, Kevin Federline, and the couple’s infant son were published online Friday, but were taken down within hours after her record label, Jive Records, issued a statement threatening legal action.
“When a person like her, who’s obviously a sweet person, is having their first child, it’s like, `leave the girl alone,'” Timberlake told “Access Hollywood” in an interview to air Monday.
“I do think that’s crossing the line,” the 24-year-old singer said. “That’s her baby and those are her baby pictures.”
The pictures, taken in a private photo shoot, were allegedly stolen. Spears reportedly has been negotiating to sell them to a magazine.
After his breakup with Spears in 2002, Timberlake was viewed as parodying her in the video for his hit “Cry Me a River.”
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