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Kate Winslet Wins Lawsuit Against Daily Mail
3-Nov-2009
Written by: Marjorie Quinn
Kate Winslet, 34, has accepted 25,000 pounds in libel damages Tuesday over a newspaper’s false claims she lied about her exercise routine.
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet had sued Britian’s Daily Mail over an article published in January titled, “Should Kate Winslet win an Oscar for the world’s most irritating actress?” The article claimed that she had lied about her exercise routine. The newspaper also had posted several naked photographs of the actress in various films.
The star of "Titanic" and "The Reader" said to AFP, “I was particularly upset to be accused of lying about my exercise regime and felt that I had a responsibility to request an apology in order to demonstrate my commitment to the views that I have always expressed about body issues, including diet and exercise.”
The Daily Mail had published an apology in September, accepting Winslet had not lied about her exercise routine and agreed to pay the damages, which was therefore agreed to in court Tuesday. She was paid about $40,000 in damages after winning the lawsuit. Winslet said to AFP, "I am delighted that the Mail have apologized for making false allegations about me. I strongly believe that women should be encouraged to accept themselves as they are, so to suggest that I was lying was an unacceptable accusation of hypocrisy.”
Winslet will donate her winnings to charity.
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