Actress Kate Hudson Threatens Suit Over “Seriously False and Misleading” Stories

Actress Kate Hudson has retained the London law firm Schillings to represent her in a potential action against several tabloids, including the National Enquirer and Star magazine, which have recently published stories saying that she has a severe eating disorder and is “wasting away”. Hudson has given the papers a week to retract the statements–otherwise, it’s off to court in England, which is much more plaintiff-friendly in defamation lawsuits than is the U.S. However, England does not recognize a general common law tort of invasion of privacy. See for example Wainwright and another v. Home Office, [2003] UKHL 53, [2004] 2 AC 406, [2003] 4 All ER 969. Read more here and here.