Hartnett wins suit against tabloid
Actor Josh Hartnett has won $30,000 in libel damages from a British newspaper that claimed he engaged in “steamy shenanigans” in a public area of a London hotel.
The tabloid Daily Mirror had claimed in a September article that Hartnett and an unknown woman had a steamy encounter in the library of the Soho Hotel that was caught on surveillance video.
The actor’s lawyer said his client plans to donate the damages money to charity.
Hartnett, the 30-year-old star of “Pearl Harbor” and “Sin City,” has been in London while appearing onstage in the play “Rain Man.”
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