Naomi Campbell wins privacy case

LONDON – Supermodel Naomi Campbell won her appeal yesterday in her privacy case against a newspaper that published photographs of her leaving a drug counselling meeting.

Reversing a lower court decision, the Law Lords, Britain’s highest court, ruled three to two that the Daily Mirror invaded Campbell’s privacy. The lords also overturned an order requiring her to pay the newspaper’s legal costs, estimated at 350 000 pounds (US$630 000).Campbell had asked the panel, which sits in the upper chamber of Parliament, to reverse an October 2002 ruling that the Daily Mirror was justified in publishing a picture of her leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting because Campbell had previously lied to the media about her drug use.Campbell had sued the tabloid, claiming it had breached her right to confidentiality and invaded her privacy by running the February 2001 photos.The model told the court she felt “shocked, angry, betrayed and violated” by the piece.In April 2002 the High Court ruled in Campbell’s favour and ordered the paper to pay her legal costs and 3 500 pounds (US$6 300) in damages.The decision was overturned on appeal six months later, and the Court of Appeal ordered the model to pay the newspaper’s legal costs, estimated at 350 000 pounds (US$630 000).- Nampa-APThe lords also overturned an order requiring her to pay the newspaper’s legal costs, estimated at 350 000 pounds (US$630 000).Campbell had asked the panel, which sits in the upper chamber of Parliament, to reverse an October 2002 ruling that the Daily Mirror was justified in publishing a picture of her leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting because Campbell had previously lied to the media about her drug use.Campbell had sued the tabloid, claiming it had breached her right to confidentiality and invaded her privacy by running the February 2001 photos.The model told the court she felt “shocked, angry, betrayed and violated” by the piece.In April 2002 the High Court ruled in Campbell’s favour and ordered the paper to pay her legal costs and 3 500 pounds (US$6 300) in damages.The decision was overturned on appeal six months later, and the Court of Appeal ordered the model to pay the newspaper’s legal costs, estimated at 350 000 pounds (US$630 000).- Nampa-AP