Teen sensation Miley Cyrus has been caught up in yet another photo scandal after pictures of her posing with a man seven years her senior appeared online.

The new snaps are the latest in a series of controversial photographs the 15-year-old Hannah Montana star has been involved in.

Last month (May08), the star was shown smiling at the camera wearing a Black crop-top and pants as she stretched out across an unknown boy's lap on her MySpace page.

However, Cyrus defended the photos, insisting they were harmless and she wasn't sorry for taking them, saying, "It's not a big deal."

The raunchy snaps came only weeks after Cyrus was forced to defend her choice to pose with just a satin sheet covering her modesty for the May (08) edition of Vanity Fair magazine.

And now, in a third set of controversial pictures, the star is seen embracing her back-up dancer, known only as Marshall, who is reportedly 22-years-old - seven years older than Cyrus.

But the series of online snaps have proved popular with at least person; Playboy boss Hugh Hefner has invited the 15-year-old to pose nude in the infamous magazine as soon as she turns 18.