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17
February 2007
Libel
Damages For Camerdon
Diaz
Actress
Cameron
Diaz
has accepted
"substantial" libel
damages from a US
tabloid over a false
claim that she was
having an affair with a
married man.
Camerdon
Diaz, 34, sued
publishers American
Media Incorporated over
pictures and a story
that appeared on the
National Enquirer
website in May
2005.
It
claimed the photos
showed Camerdon Diaz
cheating on her then
boyfriend Justin
Timberlake with a TV
producer.
The
magazine has apologised
to Camerdon Diaz and
accepted the story was
untrue.
Camerdon
Diaz, star of films such
as Charlie's Angels,
started dating singer Mr
Timberlake in
2003.
The
couple announced last
month that they had
split up.
The
story and pictures
appeared on the website
along with the headline
Cameron Caught Cheating!
in May 2005.
Her
solicitor, Simon Smith,
told Mr Justice Eady, at
London's High Court,
that the article
reported that she had a
"smooching session" with
married MTV producer
Shane
Nickerson.
It
went on to allege that
she was facing a
"grilling" from Mr
Timberlake over the
photographs.
Mr
Smith added that after
Camerdon Diaz
complained, the article
and photographs were
removed from the website
and the hard copy
edition distributed in
the UK did not contain
either.
Sam
Howard, the magazine's
solicitor, said that it
entirely accepted that
the allegations were
without foundation,
saying that they never
should have been
published.
He
added that the magazine
now accepted that the
photos did not show
Camerdon Diaz and Mr
Nickerson kissing, or in
a passionate clinch, and
that it involved no more
than her giving a friend
a goodbye
hug.
The
magazine apologised for
the distress caused to
Camerdon Diaz, Mr
Timberlake, Mr Nickerson
and his wife.
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