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Kidman wins damages from Telegraph

The actress Nicole Kidman is to receive "substantial" damages from the Daily Telegraph after the newspaper claimed that she preferred another perfume to Chanel No 5, the fragrance she is paid to promote.

The Daily Telegraph's Spy column alleged last month that while in London to promote her new film, The Golden Compass, Kidman had upset Chanel by attending press commitments with a bottle of Jo Malone perfume. The piece also suggested she had claimed Jo Malone's White Jasmine and Mint was her favourite perfume and falsely alleged that despite having signed a multimillion pound contract with Chanel, the actress was openly promoting a competitor's product.

The newspaper has apologised and agreed to pay the Australian star's legal costs as well as undisclosed damages.The 40-year-old Oscar winner was not at the high court in London for the settlement. Her solicitor, John Kelly, said she had suffered considerable embarrassment and distress over the story.

Kelly said the story meant that Kidman had acted in an unprofessional and disloyal manner by brazenly snubbing Chanel, had flouted the terms of her contract and had proved she could not be trusted to honour it.
He said Telegraph Media Group Ltd now accepted the allegations were untrue and, indeed, had established that the source of the article had invented the story.

David Price, representing the Daily Telegraph, said the paper "accepts the allegations are untrue and ought never to have been published". Kidman is intending to donate the damages to the UN Development Fund for Women.

The telegraph has literally been sued by nicole kidman by accusing her of promoting a jo malone prefume even thoguh chanel have signed an endorsement contract with her. Even though the sum was disclosed, the word substantial states, alot. as newspapers don't have rules and regulations like TV programmes and news programmes, they can write what they pleae as an opinion and not state it as a fact.because of this the daily telegraph has incurred a major loss, and huge controversy.the dailt telegraph has made the news!!