Sarah Hyland: ‘Modern Family’ Star Humiliated Over Sex Scandal

Sarah Hyland has gone into hiding after a string of raunchy photos — claiming to show the "Modern Family" beauty in kinky sex acts — exploded onto the internet!

“Sarah hasn’t stopped crying. She feels totally betrayed and violated,” The National ENQUIRER has learned from a longtime pal. In contrast to shamed stars such as Jennifer Lawrence, who fought back in the press, “Sarah doesn’t know how she can ever face people again!”

The 26-year-old actress, who plays rebellious daughter Haley Dunphy on the hit sitcom, was described as “reeling in shock” when the steamy photos surfaced. Ironically, the scandal exploded as Sarah was celebrating the release of her new single, "Know U Anymore," and her triumph over a mystery illness that left her bedridden earlier this year.

“You couldn’t have a bigger comedown,” says the pal. “For this to happen has destroyed her.”

Sarah, who got her start at age 7 in the Howard Stern movie "Private Parts" (right), battled kidney dysplasia all her life until receiving a kidney transplant — from her dad, Edward — in 2012. After the operation, she gushed: “I have a second chance at life — not a lot of people get that.”

Now, with the humiliating photos splashed online, “she’s distraught at how this will disappoint her family,” says her pal.

Sarah’s reps didn’t comment on the photo nightmare, but friends are rallying around the shattered star, saying she’s hiding in embarrassment. “She’s a tough kid, but this is really testing her,” declares a pal.