POINT PLEASANT, N.J., Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Salacious photos posted on the Web purporting to be "American Idol" contestant Antonella Barba of New Jersey, aren't really her, a friend said.
Amanda Coluccio told People magazine she checked out the pictures posted on various Web sites and they "are not Antonella. It's not the same nose, it's not the same face."
Coluccio, who said she speaks to Barba daily by phone, said some photos -- which show Barba in various stages of undress but not completely nude -- were indeed her and were meant for her boyfriend. She said Barba, 20, a Point Pleasant, N.J., native, said she believed the photos were stolen from her computer at Catholic University and distributed online.
Other, more sexually explicit photos, however, are someone else.
"The really bad ones aren't her. I've studied them. ... She's never had (acrylic nail) tips in her life," Coluccio told the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger. She's the least slutty person I know."
A representative from Fox network, which airs "Idol," nor show producers said they would comment on contestants still in the race. If one were to be dismissed from the show, then a statement could be released.
