Daily Express makes £20,000 libel payout to Kate Beckinsale - Graham Atkins Lawyer

 

Richard Desmond's Express Newspapers apologises and makes payout to actor Kate Beckinsale over false casting claim

 

Richard Desmond's Express Newspapers has today apologised in the high court and paid £20,000 in damages to the actor Kate Beckinsale over false allegations she was passed over to play "sexy heroine Barbarella".

 

Beckinsale, star of Hollywood blockbusters Pearl Harbor, Van Helsing and The Aviator, launched a legal action after the Daily Express ran an article on 5 June alleging that she missed out to Rose McGowen to play the lead in a remake of Barbarella, the 1968 film that starred Jane Fonda.

 

The article alleged Beckinsale was "facing heartbreak after it emerged she is set to miss out on her dream role", adding "the film is expected to be a big commercial hit so it will be a real blow to Kate".

Graham Atkins Lawyer, solicitor for the British film star from London law firm Atkins Thomson, told Mr Justice Eady in the high court in London today that Express Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Express, had agreed to pay damages and legal costs as the "false" article caused Beckinsale considerable embarrassment and harm.

 

"As the defendant now accepts, the allegations are entirely false. The claimant [Beckinsale] was never in discussions about this film role and there was never a possibility she would be part of this project," Atkins told the court.

"It therefore follows that she has not been passed over in favour of another actress … The film industry, particularly at the highest level in Hollywood, values actresses on the basis of them being successful and in demand – one may say being hot property.

"This article wrongly gave the impression that the claimant's career is in decline which would undoubtedly have a knock-on effect on those who would be casting film roles, as well as the industry as a whole." Read more----->>>>>>


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