A lawsuit between Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis and MailOnline, a British website, has been settled for an undisclosed amount. The lawsuit itself stemmed from “the publication of photos of their children” without their consent, and once the couple learned about the photos, they “took the website’s publisher, Associated Newspapers, to London’s High Court in July 2015 over two articles featuring their daughter, who was 1 at the time.”
A lawsuit between Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis and MailOnline, a British website, has been settled for an undisclosed amount. The lawsuit itself stemmed from “the publication of photos of their children” without their consent, and once the couple learned about the photos, they “took the website’s publisher, Associated Newspapers, to London’s High Court in July 2015 over two articles featuring their daughter, who was 1 at the time.”
But what happened, exactly? Well, according to the couple and the allegations mentioned in legal documents, the British website published images of their daughter, Wyatt, that were taken “during a private family outing to the beach” when paparazzo “used a long-lens camera.” The problem with this was that neither Mila or Ashton knew the photos were being taken, so when they discovered the images they “claimed that the photos breached the Data Protection Act and were used for the unauthorized promotion of clothing on the website.”
Though details of the settlement haven’t been released, the couple’s legal representatives reported in a joint statement on Friday that both Mila and Ashton are satisfied with the resolution. In the statement, the representatives added that the settlement includes “an agreement to pixelate photographs of their daughter, Wyatt, their son, Dimitri, and any future children they should have together.”
This isn’t the first time the website, MailOnline, and “its associated newspaper, the Daily Mail,” has found itself in hot water, though. Just recently the Daily Mail “settled a libel suit with First Lady Melania Trump over an article it ran in the paper and online that suggested she may have once worked as an escort.” Then, back in July of 2014, the Daily Mail was on the receiving end of a fiery USA Today op-ed in which actor George Clooney “accused it of making up stories in the wake of an article it published about his mother-in-law.”
As a result of the op-ed, Clooney received an “apology and an acknowledgment that the story was inaccurate.” Then, once the Clooney controversy blew over, actress Angelina Jolie attacked the Daily Mail and “reportedly threatened to take legal action after it published a video that claimed to show her under the influence of heroin in the 1990s.”
To say it’s been a tough year for the media would be an understatement. From discrimination lawsuits at Fox News and CNN to the latest settlement from MailOnline, it’ll be interesting to see how the rest of the year plays out.
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Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher settle lawsuit over website’s photos of their kids
ASHTON KUTCHER AND MILA KUNIS SETTLE TWO-YEAR LAWSUIT AGAINST NEWSPAPER
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