Kate Winslet wins lawsuit

November 3, 2009

Kate Winslet

Kate Winslet has followed up her Oscar-winning role in The Reader with a damages-winning role as the Litigator.

The A-lister has banked more than $40,000 in damages after winning a lawsuit against Britain’s Daily Mail for a story that falsely claiming she lied about her workout routine.

The article in question, headlined “Should Kate Winslet Win an Oscar for the World’s Most Irritating Actress,” was published in January alongside naked pics of Winslet.

The 34-year-old thesp was not in court for the verdict, but her solicitor read a statement on her behalf explaining how the story had offended her and caused her a “great deal of distress” not only because it was “simply not true,” but it also left people the wrong impression about her views on the female body.

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