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04-28-2006, 09:19 AM
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Sharon Stone wanted to set the record straight
Actress Sharon Stone has accepted substantial damages over a newspaper's claim she left her young son in a car while she dined in a restaurant.
The Daily Mail had alleged Stone left her four-year-old with a driver while she was at The Ivy with a date.
Her lawyer told the High Court: "The article conveyed the clear allegation that Sharon Stone had neglected her son in a shameful and selfish way."
The paper apologised for the story and will pay damages to charity.
Record straight
Solicitor Rupert Grey told the court the Daily Mail had published a photograph of Stone's son with his face blanked out and a driver sitting in the front of the car.
It then wrote that she had stayed inside the restaurant for two hours with "a mystery male companion" and that the child would have been traumatised.
Mr Grey said this was not the case and Stone had in fact dined at the restaurant with her son, and would have produced witness to back her up.
The Daily Mail repeated the allegation weeks later when it reported that Stone had adopted another baby and the story was reported in other newspapers.
Mr Grey said Stone had no option but to seek damages to put the record straight.
Associated Newspapers, which owns the Daily Mail, said the paper had published the article in good faith but now accepted the story was untrue and apologised unreservedly.
BBC
Sharon Stone wanted to set the record straight
Actress Sharon Stone has accepted substantial damages over a newspaper's claim she left her young son in a car while she dined in a restaurant.
The Daily Mail had alleged Stone left her four-year-old with a driver while she was at The Ivy with a date.
Her lawyer told the High Court: "The article conveyed the clear allegation that Sharon Stone had neglected her son in a shameful and selfish way."
The paper apologised for the story and will pay damages to charity.
Record straight
Solicitor Rupert Grey told the court the Daily Mail had published a photograph of Stone's son with his face blanked out and a driver sitting in the front of the car.
It then wrote that she had stayed inside the restaurant for two hours with "a mystery male companion" and that the child would have been traumatised.
Mr Grey said this was not the case and Stone had in fact dined at the restaurant with her son, and would have produced witness to back her up.
The Daily Mail repeated the allegation weeks later when it reported that Stone had adopted another baby and the story was reported in other newspapers.
Mr Grey said Stone had no option but to seek damages to put the record straight.
Associated Newspapers, which owns the Daily Mail, said the paper had published the article in good faith but now accepted the story was untrue and apologised unreservedly.
BBC