Diaz wins libel damages over 'smooch' claim
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The actor Cameron Diaz accepted "substantial" but undisclosed libel damages in an-out-of-court settlement yesterday after suing in the British courts over a false claim on a US website that she had been caught cheating with a married man.
Ms Diaz, 34, who announced the end of her four-year relationship with singer Justin Timberlake last month, sued American Media Incorporated, publishers of the National Enquirer, over an article published on its website in May last year.
Her action is part of a trend which has seen London dubbed the libel capital of the world. Libel actions can be brought under English law if copies of a foreign publication were sold in England, or a foreign website read in England, even if only a few English readers saw it.
Ms Diaz's solicitor, Simon Smith, told Mr Justice Eady, at the high court in London, that the article claimed she had a "smooching session" with Shane Nickerson, supervising producer on her MTV show, Trippin'. It claimed that Ms Diaz had been caught kissing Mr Nickerson in the bushes outside a sound studio in Santa Monica, California, in broad daylight.
Mr Smith said that although the article stated that Ms Diaz's publicist had denied there was any romantic relationship, the magazine had still asked its readers whether they agreed.
He added that after Ms Diaz complained, the article and accompanying photographs were removed from the website and withdrawn from the print edition distributed in the UK. Mark Stephens, a leading media solicitor, said "substantial" could mean as little as £5,000, but added that the publishers would have had to agree to pay all the lawyers' costs. -
attention seeking, that's what the celebrities do to get fame, undeserved fame.
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Anything wrong, sue..... Nothing to do, take old things to seek attentions .. I agree to ur post..Originally posted by gigabyte14:attention seeking, that's what the celebrities do to get fame, undeserved fame.