"Yes, I'm the one in the photos," Miss A admits to Shukan Post (6/8). "But they weren't taken by some man who had picked me up.

"I know where they were taken and who took them," she explains. "She was a person who I once trusted."

Well, whatever the circumstances, her pictures, and name, and the name of her employer -- Japan Airlines -- were now festooned on an adult Web site.

She had to explain it to her family of course.

It seems if you're a famous female -- like an actress, singer or model for instance -- whatever you do, don't ever pose nude for in front of your boyfriend's or husband's cameras. As soon as you have a falling out, warns Shukan Post, photos baring the less public portions of your anatomy could very well wind up on the Web.

To add insult to injury, the site where Miss A's semi-nude photos were posted was strewn with vulgar English captions.

"My likes are simple: I really go for Asian chicks," the writer smirks suggestively. "And I just love to nibble on those dumb Japanese women."

The text continues: "Hey, jerkoffs, how's it going? Let me introduce Miss A (here, the woman's actual name appears). She's employed by Japan Airlines, one of their in-flight whores. I've screwed her in Japan and in the States.

"If you want to hump this bi**h, you have to follow some rules. First, lie to her. I told her I was working for Continental Airlines, and that two buddies of mine were pilots. Eventually I suckered her and her girlfriend to coming over to my place and the three of us had a wild orgy!"

Shukan Post e-mailed a query to the site's operator, seeking to verify the facts.

"Who the hell are you?" came back the hostile reply. "I don't think you're going to arrest me." The operator also demanded money for a meeting.

Whether his account is factual or not, opines Shukan Post, putting up the woman's pictures with her real name constitutes a serious violation of her human rights.

"This action has hurt her public image, so I think it can be construed as defamation of character," remarks attorney Jiro Makino. "But it's hard to investigate the details because the site is located overseas. I suppose it will be even more difficult for her to obtain a ruling at a civil hearing."

A quite common version of this tale, relates Shukan Post, is for a cute stewardess to be accosted by a swank man with an air of a person in showbiz. He tells the gal he specializes in helping cabin attendants raise their profiles, so they can move up to a career in the media.

One stepping stone to fame and fortune has been to have one's photo appear in one of the gorgeous glossy wall calendars of its female crew members -- some 50,000 of which JAL gives away to customers and clients each December.

But in this case, Miss A apparently cavorted before the camera in front of a close female companion -- or at least that's the story she's sticking to right now.

Fortuitously for Miss A, the defamatory site was abruptly shut down. But the damage to her reputation may be irreparable.

"We are infuriated over this serious violation of an employee's human rights," a spokesperson at the airline's public relations office tells Shukan Post. "In addition to the site in question, there may be postings on blogs. We are considering a variety of measures, and of course that would include legal action."

"We've also undertaken extra measures to warn our cabin attendants of the potential dangers," he adds. "But the fact is, more the Internet develops, the greater the risks for anybody. I think we have to give more consideration to ways to prevent this in the future." (By Masuo Kamiyama, contributing writer)