Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie filed a lawsuit in London against News Group Newspapers Limited. News Group Limited is a unit of Rupert Murdoch ‘s News Corporation. The couple is suing over an article published on Jan 24th 2010 in News of the World, a British publication owned by News Corp. The article alleged separation plans between Pitt and Jolie.
According to the couple’s lawyer the article included false allegations that Pitt and Jolie agree to separate. The article also said that couple agreed to divide their joint assets and arrange custody of their children. The article has been removed from News of the World web site.
On Monday, the couple lawyer Keith Schilling made a statement saying, “We can confirm unequivocally, and upon instructions that the published claims of a pending break-up of the couple was false.” Schilling went on further saying News of the World failed to meet Pitt and Jolies' “demands for a retraction of and apology for these false and intrusive allegations which have now been widely republished by mainstream news outlets.”
According to a blog on the Wall Street Journal website titled " Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie File Lawsuit Against U.K. Newspaper,"British tabloids are frequently targeted in celebrity lawsuits. U.K.’s legal standards are different then those in the U.S. In U.K. libel suits it requires those being sued to prove truth in their claims versus plaintiff’s proving the truth. In other words the tabloids or publication has to prove the truth in their articles.
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/02/08/brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolie-file-lawsuit-against-uk-newspaper/
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