Magazines Warned Not Print Nick Lachey & Vanessa Minnillo Photos  7/3/07

Lawyers for Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo have warned American magazines not to publish explicit photos of the couple having sex - or face the legal consequences.

The current issue of American magazine Life & Style contains steamy pictures of Lachey and Minnillo cavorting in a Jacuzzi at a private Mexican resort.

According to website TMZ, further photos graphically show the pair engaging in sexual activity.

Hollywood attorney Marty Singer, who represents the couple, claims the "outrageous and malicious" photographer who snapped the pictures did so illegally.

Singer says, "The photos that were taken of our clients by a Mexican photographer violated Mexican law and were a clear invasion of privacy, and we have threatened to take legal action against third parties who publish the photos."