In adulthood, Ionesco repeatedly sued her mother for emotional distress, claiming the photographs "robbed her of her childhood". Legal Victories:

In the mid-1970s, the images sparked immediate international outcry. While some in the French avant-garde art scene initially defended the work as a provocative exploration of "lost innocence" and gothic aestheticism, the mainstream public and legal authorities largely viewed it as child pornography. The fallout from these publications eventually led to: Legal Action

: Decades later, Eva sued her mother for the "violation of her private life" and the "commodification" of her childhood images. Court Ruling

nude pictorial. During this same era, she also appeared on the cover of Der Spiegel (age 12) and in the Spanish edition of Legal and Personal Impact