Cameron Diaz Wins Battle With National Enquirer

The National Enquirer and actress Cameron Diaz have come to an agreement, as she has accepted “substantial” libel damages from the US tabloid over a false claim that she was having an affair with a married man.

Ms Diaz, 34, filed a lawsuit against publishers American Media Incorporated over pictures and a story that appeared on the National Enquirer website in May of 2005.

The magazine claimed that the photos showed Ms Diaz cheating on her then boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, with a TV producer. The story and pictures appeared on the website along with the headline Cameron Caught Cheating!

According to a BBC news report, her lawyer 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.

The lawsuit was settled out of court, Smith said, and the terms of the agreement were confidential. In court, he said the damages paid were “substantial,” says Forbes.

In a statement read to the high court Friday, the magazine “apologized unreservedly” for any distress caused to the 34-year-old Diaz, her former boyfriend Justin Timberlake, as well as the producer and his wife.

Sam Howard, the Enquirer’s lawyer, said the magazine “entirely accepts that the allegations were without foundation and ought never to have been published.”

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