Neeson libel action settled

The film star Liam Neeson and his actress wife, Natasha Richardson, yesterday settled their outstanding libel action over unfounded…

The film star Liam Neeson and his actress wife, Natasha Richardson, yesterday settled their outstanding libel action over unfounded reports that they were to divorce. And as in all the previous cases the damages they were awarded against newspapers are going to charity. The couple sued Belfast Telegraph Newspapers Ltd as publishers of Sunday Life over an article last September.

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