Yahoo
news is reporting that Olympic swimming champion, Michael Phelps, could be in
trouble for his recent photo shoot with French luxury fashion house - Louis
Vuitton.
Photos of Phelps for LV were leaked on the Internet late last week, violating
the International Olympic Committee's controversial Rule 40, which states
athletes can't promote any non-Olympic sponsors from July 18 to Aug. 15.
Punishments for the rule range from fines to a stripping of medals.
The campaign was set to begin on Aug. 16 in order to comply with the IOC's
campaign against ambush marketing. Someone jumped the gun and the photos
appeared on a wide variety of websites starting on the second Tuesday of the
Olympics.
Louis Vuitton denies releasing the photographs, as does Phelps' camp.
In my opinion this picture was leaked so it not his fault.
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