Keira Knightley Wins Damages For Being Called Too Thin

Actress Keira Knightley won libel damages from a British Tabloid for being called too thin to be pictured without a health warning.

Eonline.com reports, Knightley sued The Daily Mail for running a photo of her in a bikini under the headline, "If Pictures Like This One of Keira Carried a Health Warning, My Darling Daughter Might Have Lived."

"The article could be interpreted to have asserted that the claimant bore personal responsibility for causing the tragic death of Sophie Mazurek, a 19-year-old, who battled with anorexia," Knightley's lawyer Simon Smith told London's High Court.

The accompanying story was an interview with a mother of teenage girl who died of anorexia.
Knightley has spoken in the past about her family members having struggled with the disease. She also told that the photos that sparked rumors of an eating disorder were taken around the time she had been shooting a physically challenging scene for the Pirates of the Caribbean.

"It appeared as if I were promoting something when I absolutely was not. I am thin because that's what I am, and I was thinner at that point because of the work I do. Nothing else," Knightley said.

The Assiciated Newspaper publisher of the Daily Mail paid Knightley $6000 for causing her distress and embarrassment over the article. Knightley will donate the sum and an additional $4000 to the BEAT, a charity aid for people with mental and eating disorders.