By Jen Heger - Breaking Celebrity News Assistant Managing Editor

Ariel Winter's mother's scheme to release risque photos of her daughter, Shanelle Workman, in a bid to show she is an unfit guardian, backfired because it will actually hurt her chances of getting custody back of the 14-year-old Modern Family star, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.

Crystal Workman contacted Hollywood publicist Jonathan Hay earlier this week and asked him to leak revealing photos of Shanelle in an effort to smear her reputation enough to get back custody of Ariel, but her plan was outted by Breaking Celebrity News.

"Crystal's plan to release risque pictures of Shanelle, who currently has temporary guardianship of Ariel, is going to backfire on her, in a major way. A child custody investigator has been assigned to the case and this is something that will be looked into extensively," a source close to the situation tells Breaking Celebrity News exclusively.

"Someone who is willing to go to such extreme measures doesn't appear to have the best interests of their children at heart. Even though this is extremely hurtful to Shanelle and Ariel, it has helped strengthened the case against Crystal. The judge now has concrete proof of recent events that are damaging and put in question Crystal's ability to properly raise Ariel in a safe and healthy environment."