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Originally Posted by Coffee
Namie Amuro has filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court against the publisher for tabloid, Shuukan Josei for damages amounting in 22 million yen (approx. $205,000 USD) for violating her privacy. The magazine printed in their June 10th edition images of Amuro and her son, Haruto (10) out shopping and describing details of their outing. Amuro made comments expressing that she did not want her private life to be exposed publicly and she was looking to the courts to make sure this incident does not happen again.
The tabloid’s publisher had no comment at press time as they had yet to receive the petition.
Source: MSN Japan
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Wow, don't mess with Namie. |
I love Namie but what is she thinking? That is a really dumb lawsuit, and if this were in the States or the UK it would be thrown out. People in the States are not allowed to sue like that unless it's something damaging.
Freedom of the press allows publications to do these sorts of things, at least in my country.