Leonardo DiCaprio has a lawsuit ordering the magazine Oops! to print a condemnation of its story alleging that the actor got pop star Rihanna pregnant and then didn’t want the baby. DiCaprio was also awarded monetary damages.
The judge’s opinion is only available in French at the moment, but according to a rough English translation, “the particularly intimate nature of such revelation” — DiCaprio’s supposed attitude toward a pregnant Rihanna — and the “absence of any evidence to accredit … the accuracy of the facts alleged” combined with “the interference with privacy” means that Oops! can’t defend its article as “legitimate public information.”
Not surprisingly, American courts recognize no such thing as the legal concept being applied known as “false privacy.”
In this case, Oops! attempted to argue that DiCaprio never denied a relationship with Rihanna, but the French court said that a salacious story on the cover of Oops! was “inherently likely to cause serious harm” to the actor.
The French court ordered Oops! to print on its next cover in bold capital red letters “OOPS! SENTENCED TO DEMAND FOR LEONARDO DI CAPRIO” followed without further comment by this statement: “By order of 27 July 2015, the judge of the High Court of Paris ordered the company editor of OOPS! Magazine to pay provisional compensation to Leonardo Di Caprio for having published in its issue 188, 13 to 28 in May 2015, an article with the respect for his privacy and his image rights.”
Judging by the latest reactions of Oops! owner Frederic Truskolaski — who calls DiCaprio “a pervert” whose lawsuit was based on a “racial issue” — this feud hardly seems over.
My two-cents: Racial????
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