Mail on Sunday publishes Mea Culpa to Meghan Markle after court battle – The Hollywood Reporter
British newspaper Mail on Sunday published a small front-page story for Meghan Markle after losing a court battle with the Duchess of Sussex earlier this year.
Stopping for a brief apology, the succinct statement – posted on the front page and printed in its entirety on page 3 and online with the simple headline “The Duchess of Sussex” – acknowledges that the publisher The newspaper’s version, the Associated Newspaper, has lost its right to privacy. dispute brought by Markle.
“Following a hearing on January 19-20, 2021 and a follow-on hearing on May 5, 2021, the Court has ruled in favor of the Duchess of Sussex on her claim for copyright infringement,” reads part of the notice. “The court found that the Associated Newspaper had infringed her copyright by publishing excerpts from her handwritten letter to her father in The Mail on Sunday and on Mail Online. Financial settlements have been agreed. ”
In March, a judge ordered the publisher to pay Markle 90% of her estimated $1.88 million in legal costs.
The online post also links to the full verdict. After the statement was published, the hashtag #MeghanMarkleWon trended on Twitter.
This marks the culmination of the lawsuit Markle filed three years ago.
In February, the British Supreme Court ruled that the publisher of Mail on Sunday and Online email The site illegally violated Markle’s privacy with five articles that re-enacted a large portion of a handwritten letter she sent her father, Thomas Markle, after she married Prince Harry in 2018.
The publisher’s appeal was dismissed on December 2. At the time, senior appeals judge Geoffrey Vos said that “The Duchess had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the content of the letter. . Such content is personal, private and is not a matter of legitimate public interest. “
In a statement, Meghan called the ruling “a victory not only for me but for anyone who has ever felt the fear of standing up for what is right.”
“Most importantly, we are now collectively brave enough to reshape a tabloid industry in which people are ruthless and profit from lies and pain,” she said. that they created,” she said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
