Moss accepts libel settlement
A lawyer for Kate Moss says the British supermodel has accepted substantial libel damages from a newspaper that alleged she had collapsed into a coma after taking cocaine.
An article published in Britain’s Sunday Mirror and on the newspaper’s website in January alleged that during a visit to Barcelona, Spain, in June 2001, Moss collapsed into a drug-induced coma and had to be revived after taking large amounts of cocaine.
“The allegations are untrue,” Moss’ lawyer, Gerard Tyrrell, said Wednesday.
Tyrrell said publisher Mirror Group Newspapers Limited accepted that the allegations were false and should not have been published. He said the two parties had agreed on a substantial figure in damages, but he did not say what the amount was.
Moss, 31, was not present at the High Court in London for the settlement hearing.
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