Congrats to Cameron Diaz! The actress won a public apology and "substantial" libel damages at London's High Court on Friday over newspaper claims she had been caught in a "passionate clinch" with a television producer.
The National Enquirer had published an article on its Web site in May 2005 which said the alleged incident had taken place in bushes outside a studio in Santa Monica, California. Diaz's lawyer told the court the report appeared under the headline
"Cameron Caught Cheating" and said she was "facing a grilling from boyfriend Justin Timberlake, after she was photographed in a passionate clinch with a married man!"
Diaz's lawyer Simon Smith said the married man photographed with the actress was identified as Shane Nickerson, supervising producer on her adventure show "Trippin."' The newspaper, which had apologized unreservedly for the embarrassment and distress caused, had agreed to pay Diaz "substantial" but undisclosed damages, Smith said.
