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Actor/director Eli Roth has come to the defence of his rumoured girlfriend Peaches Geldof following her nude picture scandal – he’s accused the man who posted the images online of damaging the socialite’s career with "lies".

Bob Geldof’s wildchild daughter was embroiled in controversy last month (Mar10) when the naked snaps appeared on the internet, along with a story from Ben Bluett-Mills, who claims to have enjoyed a night of passion with Geldof in Los Angeles last year (09).

Bluett-Mills also insists he took drugs with Geldof during the encounter – a claim which was strenuously denied by the star’s lawyers.

Geldof lost a lucrative deal with lingerie firm Ultimo after the scandal broke, and Roth has now written an open letter to Bluett-Mills’ mother to express his anger over the incident – accusing her son of ruining the socialite’s career.

In a post on his MySpace.com page, addressed to Meredith Bluett-Mills, Roth writes, “Your son took a bright, intelligent, incredibly creative young writer and damaged her ability to work until people forget about this or dismiss it as nonsense.

“Not only has your son’s horrible lies (sic) painted Peaches as ‘dangerous’ to many who would potentially hire her, but companies like Ultimo Underwear are using this ’scandal’ as a reason to fire Peaches by saying she is not a role model for young girls.

“And for what? Some psychotic story your son made up that people were all too ready to believe. Stories your son clearly read before he made up that post. He knew exactly what he was writing, the details were far too calculated.”

And Roth is convinced Bluett-Mills only accused Geldof of taking drugs after learning about her mother Paul Yates’ tragic death from a heroin overdose.

He adds, “She has worked hard to grow up and overcome her troubled past. Your son used the most painful events from someone’s past to make himself famous, and it worked.”

British socialite Peaches Geldof is embroiled in a new scandal after pictures of her posing naked hit the internet.

Bob Geldof’s wildchild daughter, currently rumoured to be dating actor/director Eli Roth, is seen fully nude on a bed with her legs in the air in one shot, and revealing her breasts in just a pair of pants in another.

The pictures were posted online by a man writing under the name ‘thatcoolguyben’, who claims to have enjoyed a one-night stand with Geldof in Los Angeles in November last year (09).

The unidentified snapper is said to have met the 21 year old through a mutual friend at a party and alleges they went on to share a night of sex and drugs. He also claimed they visited a Scientology centre in L.A. the following morning.

The photos were uploaded onto a Reddit.com forum under the heading “What’s your most ‘WTF’ (what the f**k) one night stand story?”, but the post has since been deleted.

Geldof’s lawyer insists the images were taken for private purposes only and categorically denies the man’s claims that the star “took heroin” during the encounter.

A statement issued to British newspaper the Daily Mail reads, “The allegations that our client was carrying and injecting heroin are denied, our client having consumed alcohol with the other individual leading to the ‘highs’ described and portrayed in the photographs.

“The evident unreliability of the source emerges from the also fictitious description of their trip to a Scientology centre.”