Posted on 12/05/2005 11:54:32 AM PST by new cruelty
DECEMBER 5--Lawyers for Jennifer Aniston have warned publications that they will face an invasion of privacy lawsuit if they print topless photos of the actress taken recently while she was apparently sunbathing at her Los Angeles home. In a blistering letter sent to celebrity magazines, attorney John Lavely wrote that the publication of photographs "showing [Aniston] topless or in the act of taking off or putting on her top" would expose those titles to "substantial monetary damages." In his letter, Lavely wrote that the topless photos were taken by paparazzo Peter Brandt, who allegedly used a "powerful telephoto lens" from a perch more than a mile away from Aniston's home. Below you'll find a copy of the Lavely letter, which includes a few redactions requested by TSG's source. Lavely, of the powerhouse L.A. litigation firm Lavely & Singer, noted that Aniston has just filed a lawsuit against Brandt in Los Angeles Superior Court and that the star's London lawyers had obtained a restraining order barring publication of the topless photos in the U.K. (3 pages)
Interesting question.
Is it illegal in the United States to stand on a hilltop and use a telephoto lens to photograph people who go topless in their own backyards?
In France, this is a criminal offense, "atteint a la vie privee" (an "attack on private life"), but in France, individual privacy is a legal right.
But is it illegal in the US, in California specifically, as well?
Apparently. After all, this law firm has filed a suit. Assuming that the suit isn't completely frivolous, there appears to be a right to not be photographed on private property.
yeah but suddenly I'm a little more flustered
I think she'll take off her clothes for anyone, but she'll call her lawyers if you get her inhaling a Hershey's.
self pinging for later.... for research purposes
the quote is "Who's butt did you kiss to get in here?"
Best three out of five? :)~
God bless you.
Hey, where was my ping on this important news item?
somebody really should tell her, she ain't all that...
Haven't topless photos of her on the beach already been published?
Semper fidelis ut boobage.
Semper paratus nam boobage.
See my post to FA.
Just promise to play nice at a later date, and we'll all get along just fine.
Yeah, there are library shelfloads of cases and law dealing with this.
Is it cute?
Well, duh.
To be beautiful for just one day. I just want to know what it feels like, just once. Is one day out a meaningless, painful existence so much to ask?
Aw ok. I'm not likely to visit a thread about some guy's bare butt anyway. : )
So, there IS a right to privacy after all!
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