Josh Hartnett Wins "Steamy" Sex Libel Suit

LONDON — Hollywood actor Josh Hartnett has won 20,000 pounds ($30,000) in libel damages from a British newspaper that claimed he engaged in "steamy shenanigans" in a public area of a London hotel.

The tabloid Daily Mirror claimed in a September article that Hartnett and an unknown woman had a steamy encounter in the library of the Soho Hotel that was caught on CCTV.

Lawyer Victoria Jolliffe for the newspaper's publisher acknowledged Thursday that the allegations were false. Jolliffe told London's High Court that the newspaper apologized for any "distress, hurt and embarrassment" it had caused.

Hartnett's lawyer says the actor plans to donate the damages money to charity.

The 30-year-old star of "Pearl Harbor" and "Sin City" is appearing onstage in "Rain Man" in London.

Comments

[stevebuggy]

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[Desdemondo]

Isn't he supposed to be gay?

[ObamaSheeple]

Good for Josh. I love Josh Hartnett. Sadly, it is not reciprocated.

[jamesspada]

Hey marymansour-- Hartnett won the money because that stuff DIDN'T happen. As Barbra Streisand would say, "Don't Believe What You Read" (necessarily).

[marymansour]

I'm glad. Love Hartnett and frankly didn't read the article in toto. My bad.

[dems08]

Who's Josh what's-his-name?

[firelord5000]

I dunno.

[marymansour]

Josh Hartnett is a very hot man. Sorry he tore up the library but that was one lucky woman in there with him. There must have been a whole lot of shakin' goin' on for 30,000 in damages. : - }

[hartkid]

buy a dictionary. Look up Libel, damages, allegations and false. Then reread the story above.