Douglas, Zeta-Jones In Photo Flap With Clear Channel
Couple's Attorney Asks Media Giant To Remove Photos From Internet
POSTED: 2:16 p.m. EDT May 1, 2003
UPDATED: 2:45 p.m. EDT May 1, 2003
Another photo controversy is heating up between a media outlet and star couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
The difference this time is, the outlet alleged of publishing unflattering photos is not London's Hello! magazine, but media giant Clear Channel Entertainment, according to The Smoking Gun Web site.
The Smoking Gun posted a letter from Douglas' and Zeta-Jones' attorney threatening legal action against Clear Channel dated April 30. In the letter from the firm of Lavely and Singer, the couple claims the corporation published photos of the Zeta-Jones on some of its 1,200 radio stations' Web sites that depicted her as "heavily pregnant and topless."
The attorneys in the letter demand that Clear Channel, among other things, "immediately cease and desist from any further providing or of posting links of the photographs."
According to The Smoking Gun, the pictures were allegedly taken while Zeta-Jones was sunning herself on the patio of their private estate in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In one of the images that's been circulating on the Internet for 10 days, The Smoking Gun reported, Zeta-Jones is allegedly seen smoking a cigarette - a habit the medical community doesn't advise for expectant mothers.
The Smoking Gun said the photos were "obviously taken from a significant distance with a telephoto lens," and allegedly offered for sale by a European photo agency.
The recent "Chicago" Oscar-winner gave birth to her and Douglas' second child, a girl, Carys, on April 20.
On April 12, Douglas and Zeta-Jones won a lawsuit against "Hello! magazine for publishing unauthorized photos of their November 2000 wedding.
The couple alleged that they suffered stress and "irreparable" damage to their careers, and called the photo incident "devastating." Zeta-Jones complained the Hello! photos made her look overweight and the reception appear to have "bad disco lighting."
The court in Britain ruled the couple's "commercial confidence" was breached, but rejected the claim that their right to privacy was violated. A hearing to award damages is pending.
The difference this time is, the outlet alleged of publishing unflattering photos is not London's Hello! magazine, but media giant Clear Channel Entertainment, according to The Smoking Gun Web site.
The Smoking Gun posted a letter from Douglas' and Zeta-Jones' attorney threatening legal action against Clear Channel dated April 30. In the letter from the firm of Lavely and Singer, the couple claims the corporation published photos of the Zeta-Jones on some of its 1,200 radio stations' Web sites that depicted her as "heavily pregnant and topless."
The attorneys in the letter demand that Clear Channel, among other things, "immediately cease and desist from any further providing or of posting links of the photographs."
According to The Smoking Gun, the pictures were allegedly taken while Zeta-Jones was sunning herself on the patio of their private estate in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In one of the images that's been circulating on the Internet for 10 days, The Smoking Gun reported, Zeta-Jones is allegedly seen smoking a cigarette - a habit the medical community doesn't advise for expectant mothers.
The Smoking Gun said the photos were "obviously taken from a significant distance with a telephoto lens," and allegedly offered for sale by a European photo agency.
The recent "Chicago" Oscar-winner gave birth to her and Douglas' second child, a girl, Carys, on April 20.
On April 12, Douglas and Zeta-Jones won a lawsuit against "Hello! magazine for publishing unauthorized photos of their November 2000 wedding.
The couple alleged that they suffered stress and "irreparable" damage to their careers, and called the photo incident "devastating." Zeta-Jones complained the Hello! photos made her look overweight and the reception appear to have "bad disco lighting."
The court in Britain ruled the couple's "commercial confidence" was breached, but rejected the claim that their right to privacy was violated. A hearing to award damages is pending.
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