TRIAL SET FOR MILLER PAPARAZZI LAWSUIT
SIENNA MILLER’s paparazzi lawsuit is going to trial - after the actress’ lawyers accused photographers of waging a "campaign of harassment" against her.
Miller is suing photographic agency Big Pictures (UK) Limited and its founder, Darryn Lyons, claiming the company’s constant "relentless pursuit" of her has breached the star’s human rights. The actress has accused the firm of harassment and invasion of privacy.
At a preliminary hearing at London’s High Court on Thursday (30Oct08), Miller’s attorney, David Sherborne, insisted that the Alfie star had endured being chased while driving and suffered "other forms of physical and verbal intimidation or abuse in their (snappers) attempts to obtain photographs of her for commercial exploitation." Judge Justice Eady announced a trial should be set for the first available date after 12 January (09).
Earlier this year (08) Miller won $27,750 (£15,000) in damages from a British newspaper over invasion of privacy claims regarding a set of photos they published of the star.
Miller accepted damages from the newspaper in an out-of-court settlement, and the newspaper’s editors agreed to print an apology to the actress over the pictures, which were taken in Los Angeles on 11 September (08).
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