Keira wins libel apology in court over eating disorder allegation
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The actress Ms Keira Knightley has today won an apology against Associated Newspapers, the publishers of The Daily Mail. The libel case concerned an article published on 11 January 2007 which carried a photograph of Ms Knightley, taken without her consent, whilst wearing a bikini and relaxing on a beach on holiday.
Selection of press coverage
Knightley awarded £3,000 damages over anorexia claim - The Independent 25 May 2007
Keira Knightley Wins Damages Over Weight Slur - Washington Post 24 May 2007
Knightley wins weight libel claim - BBC 24 May 2007
Original press release
Keira Knightley issues libel proceedings 22 January 2007
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Background Note
- Ref Mail article 11/01/07 If Pictures Like This One of Keira Carried A Health Warning, My Darling Daughter Might Have Lived
- Mr Smith represented actress Kate Hudson last year in her successful libel proceedings against the National Enquirer over an allegation of an eating disorder. See Damages For Hudson Over Pictures, 20 July 2006
Background Note