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  • July 2008

    • Maddy 'Suspect' Wins Libel Damages

      Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 08 6:47 AM CDT

      Maddy 'Suspect' Wins Libel Damages

      (AP) - A man named by police as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann will collect $1 million in libel damages from a number of British newspapers in a deal expected to be announced today. Brit Robert Murat, 34, lived near the Portuguese resort where Maddy disappeared during a family vacation last year. Maddy's parents, also named as suspects, have also won major libel settlements. Portuguese officials plan to announce the next step in the case Monday. More »

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      Great Britain  • Madeleine McCann  • Portugal  • Kate McCann  • Gerry McCann  • missing child  • libel

  • April 2008

    • Maddy 'Suspect' Sues UK Media

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 14, 08 4:19 AM CDT

      Maddy 'Suspect' Sues UK Media

      (Newser) - A former suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is suing 12 British news organizations for libel. It's the largest number of claims ever against British media concerning a single issue, reports the Guardian . Robert Murat lived near the Portuguese vacation apartment where the McCanns were staying when the 3-year-old tyke disappeared, and he became the subject of intense police and media scrutiny. More »

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      Madeleine McCann  • Kate McCann  • Gerry McCann  • defamation  • libel  • Robert Murat  • British tabloids  • Praia da Luz  • British media

    • Nic Cage Not a Chihuahua Thief

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 4, 08 11:24 AM CDT

      Nic Cage Not a Chihuahua Thief

      (Newser) - It’s official: Nicolas Cage is not a chihuahua kleptomaniac, former co-star Kathleen Turner admits. Turner settled a libel lawsuit with Cage, confessing that she’d lied when she wrote that Cage had been “arrested twice for drunk-driving and, I think, for stealing a dog.” Turner and her co-defendants agreed to pay Cage’s legal fees and make a “substantial” donation to charity. More »

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      celebrity trials  • libel  • Nicolas Cage  • chihuahua  • Kathleen Turner

  • March 2008

    • Maddy Parents Win Apology— and $1.1M

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 19, 08 10:16 AM CDT

      Maddy Parents Win Apology— and $1.1M

      (Newser) - Two downmarket British tabloids ran front-page apologies to the parents of Madeleine McCann today. The Daily Express and the Daily Star apologized for carrying articles that suggested that Kate and Gerry McCann killed their missing daughter in Portugal last year. The company that owns the two newspapers also paid the McCanns $1.1 million in damages, plus legal fees, a spokeswoman for the family said. More »

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      lawsuit  • Madeleine McCann  • Kate McCann  • Gerry McCann  • tabloids  • apology  • libel  • Maddy

  • February 2008

    • Will Smith Wins Libel Suit Over Hitler Slur

      E! Online  |  Feb 22, 08 4:25 PM CST

      Will Smith Wins Libel Suit Over Hitler Slur

      (Newser) - A London news agency must pay undisclosed damages and apologize to Will Smith for publishing a story that erroneously quoted the actor as saying Adolf Hitler was a “good person.” E! Online reports that the World Entertainment News Network picked up and greatly distorted quotes from Smith’s interview with Scotland’s Daily Record to create its gossip piece, which received worldwide media attention. More »

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      Nazi  • Adolf Hitler  • tabloids  • Will Smith  • libel

    • Peggy Sue Got...Sued for Libel by Charlie

      BBC  |  Feb 13, 08 3:43 AM CST

      Peggy Sue Got...Sued for Libel by Charlie

      (Newser) - National Treasure star Nicolas Cage is suing siren Kathleen Turner for libel over a passage in her autobiography, "Send Yourself Roses," in which she claims her co-star was drunk and difficult on the set of the 1986 movie Peggy Sue Got Married . Cage filed the lawsuit in London where libel laws tend to favor the plaintiff, reports the BBC. More »

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      dog  • defamation  • libel  • Nicolas Cage  • Francis Ford Coppola  • chihuahua  • High Court  • Kathleen Turner

  • December 2007

    • Murdoch Libel 'Victim' Charged With Perjury

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Dec 17, 07 7:29 AM CST

      Murdoch Libel 'Victim' Charged With Perjury

      (Newser) - A former leader of Scotland's Socialist Party who won a $400,000 libel suit against publisher Rupert Murdoch's News of the World was arrested yesterday on charges of perjury. One-time member of parliament Tommy Sheridan claimed the bust was a "witch hunt orchestrated and influenced by the powerful reach of the Murdoch empire.” More »

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      Rupert Murdoch  • Scotland  • libel  • News of the World

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