“I am not a slut… I did not have sex with those men…or videotape it… or take pictures…”
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – The TV host and actress Tania Zaetta is suing the publisher of The Daily Telegraph over an article that allegedly inferred she was a “slut” when it claimed the Defence Department was investigating a report she had sex with troops in Afghanistan on a concert tour.
Defence officials apologised to Zaetta after the story was published in May, admitting there was “no substance” to the claim and her name should not have been made public.
But Zaetta, who has strongly denied the allegation, said the Telegraph story made her out to be a “slut”, who had sex with several soldiers and consented to being videotaped and photographed having sex.
She is suing Nationwide News for defamation, claiming she is entitled to aggravated damages and costs, particularly because the article gives rise to imputations that are not true. The article had injured Zaetta’s credit, reputation and occupation and brought her into “public scandal, odium and contempt”, a statement of claim before the Supreme Court says. Last week in the Supreme Court Nationwide News elected to have the case heard by a jury. It was adjourned to October.
A spokesman for Nationwide News could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Courtesy Sidney Morning Herald: Australia
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