Soccer Star’s Invasion of Privacy Lawsuit Against Newspapers Is On

Soccer star Ashley Cole’s lawsuit against the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror heads to court. He is suing on a “no win, no fee” basis. The newspapers printed several stories claiming that he had relationships (sex) with several women; he says these articles amounted to invasion of privacy. At a preliminary hearing, attorneys for the papers told the judge that since Mr. Cole and his wife have released a great deal of information about their lives to the public, they have no reasonable expectation of privacy as to these stories. Mr. Cole has also filed another action relating to articles published in the Sun and the Sun online earlier this year.