Puddy
12-06-2005, 02:11 AM
Jennifer Aniston's lawyers are sending out a warning to the media not to buy photos from a paparazzo who allegedly took telephoto pictures of Jennifer Aniston sunbathing topless at her Southern California home.
Aniston's legal team says publications on both sides of the Atlantic could face invasion-of-privacy lawsuits if they use the shots, according to a letter obtained by the Smoking Gun Web site.
"If you are approached and offered the right to acquire and publish (any) of the photographs," reads the letter from Aniston attorney John Lavely, "please inform the undersigned of the name and contact information of any person or persons who are offering to sell or license any of the photographs."
Lavely warns that "publication of the photographs would not only expose you to substantial damages … but you … will also be held liable for the embarrassment and emotional distress caused to Ms. Aniston by such publication."
In 2002, Aniston settled a lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court against a men's magazine publisher that ran photos of her sunbathing topless in her backyard.
Aniston sued Man's World Publications and Crescent Publishing Group in 2000, claiming the publishers had no right to run a photo of her "reclining topless in her backyard, wearing only her panties," court documents stated.
The photo was allegedly taken by a "stalkerazzi" who climbed a neighbor's wall to snap the shots with a telephoto lens on Feb. 28, 1999.
From: http://people.aol.com
Aniston's legal team says publications on both sides of the Atlantic could face invasion-of-privacy lawsuits if they use the shots, according to a letter obtained by the Smoking Gun Web site.
"If you are approached and offered the right to acquire and publish (any) of the photographs," reads the letter from Aniston attorney John Lavely, "please inform the undersigned of the name and contact information of any person or persons who are offering to sell or license any of the photographs."
Lavely warns that "publication of the photographs would not only expose you to substantial damages … but you … will also be held liable for the embarrassment and emotional distress caused to Ms. Aniston by such publication."
In 2002, Aniston settled a lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court against a men's magazine publisher that ran photos of her sunbathing topless in her backyard.
Aniston sued Man's World Publications and Crescent Publishing Group in 2000, claiming the publishers had no right to run a photo of her "reclining topless in her backyard, wearing only her panties," court documents stated.
The photo was allegedly taken by a "stalkerazzi" who climbed a neighbor's wall to snap the shots with a telephoto lens on Feb. 28, 1999.
From: http://people.aol.com