Nicole Kidman won an apology and ’substantial’ damages from the Daily Telegraph over an article that falsely claimed that the face of Chanel No 5 had promoted a rival brand.
The Hawaii-born Australian actress had sued the British newspaper last month over the story which said she’d been openly publicizing perfume Jo Malone, despite having signed a multimillion pound contract with Chanel.
The newspaper has apologized and agreed to pay Kidman’s legal costs as well as undisclosed damages.
The 40-year-old Oscar winner was not at the High Court in London for the settlement. Her lawyer John Kelly told London’s High Court that the article suggested she had acted in an ‘unprofessional and disloyal manner’ by brazenly snubbing Chanel, and indicating she could not be trusted to honor her contractual agreements.
He said Telegraph Media Group Ltd now accepted the allegations were untrue and had established that the source of the article had invented the story.
Meanwhile, The Telegraph’s David Price, told the court that the paper “accepts the allegations are untrue and ought never to have been published”.
Kelly said that Kidman is intending to donate the damages to the United Nations Development Fund for Women for which she acts as a goodwill ambassador. It may be recalled that Kidman headed a UN global campaign last month aimed at stopping violence against women.
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