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Jordan & Andre win damages in libel case
Friday 4 July 2008
The couple sued the News of the World over an article trailed on the front page with the headline "Jordan Exposed: Nanny reveals sex, rows, binges ... And what she's really like as a mum".
According to Reuters, their solicitor Mike Brookes said that the piece, published in February, portrayed them as "shocking and uncaring parents who put their own needs above those of their children".
He said the story included an accusation about an incident in which Jordan's (real name Katie Price) disabled eight-year-old son Harvey, from a previous relationship, had scalded himself on New Year's Eve 2006.
Brookes said it had suggested that Andre was to blame and that the couple had been ashamed to be interviewed about the incident by Social Services.
However, he claimed that the article had omitted to mention that Price and Andre were completely exonerated from any blame.
He said that the article also alleged that the couple neglected Harvey's health by feeding him a diet of junk food because this was more convenient.
Brookes said: "Again this accusation was not true. Allegations of this nature are of course highly defamatory and they were particularly offensive to the claimants because they are not true."
News of the World lawyer Joanna Workman said that the paper apologised, accepted the allegations were untrue and regretted that they were published.
They agreed to pay "substantial" damages, half of which would be put in trust for the couple's children and half donated to the NSPCC and The Vision Charity.
Price said afterwards: "Pete and I love our kids and would do anything for them. Anyone who has kids can imagine how it would feel to be accused publicly of being bad parents.
"We came here today to see that justice was done and that our names were cleared. We believe the record has been set straight."
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