Peaches Geldof Wins Libel Damages Over Newspaper Story

Peaches Geldof has collected a substantial undisclosed sum in libel damages over a newspaper story which implied she was a £5,000 a night prostitute.

The 20-year-old model brought proceedings against Express Newspapers over a front page story in The Daily Star in September 2008.

The report falsely accused the daughter of Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates of accepting cash for sexual services.

After Geldof went to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), the tabloid agreed the headline used implied she “provided services of a personal sexual nature for the payment of a fee”.

However the paper did not retract what was published and printed an apology on page two, not on the front page.

Geldof felt this was “unacceptable, as it was not, in her view, adequately prominent”, her solicitor Jonathan Coad said.

At London’s High Court, Express Newspapers was asked to withdraw the allegations unreservedly and to apologise publicly to Geldof for the distress caused to her by the story.

“The defendant accepts that there is no truth in the allegation made in the article, and apologises to the claimant for any distress caused by the publication,” the newspaper’s solicitor Zoe Norden told the court.

In addition to the libel damages, the publication agreed to pay her legal costs.

Engaged: Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood

Marilyn Manson reportedly proposed to the True Blood actress, Evan Rachel Wood while he was performing on stage in Paris on Monday.

Rumors have been spreading for days about the engagement being on, then off, then on again.

Reps for both Manson and Wood have remained silent on the subject.

Manson, 41, began dating Wood, 22, in 2006 but the couple broke up in 2008. They briefly reconciled, then split again before getting back together.

Last year, Manson revealed that he was so devastated over his breakup with Wood that he obsessed about the actress and called her incessantly. After they worked things out, Manson was quoted by the Herald Sun as saying that Wood has helped him be a better person.

“Me being me at my best is what I need to be,” he said at the time. “That really paid off because I’m back with Evan.”

No More Americas Got Talent For David Hasselhoff

America’s Got Talent judge David Hasselhoff has announced he is leaving the hit show after four years.

The 57-year-old told the publication he was planning to “follow my dream” to star in his own TV show.

The star said working on the US version of Simon Cowell’s Britain’s Got Talent had been a “rewarding experience”.

A statement from broadcaster NBC said the Baywatch star had “been an integral part of the success” of the series.

It added: “We are sad to see him go. We wish him all the best with his new show.”

Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan and rock manager Sharon Osbourne will remain as judges on the show.

Hasselhoff, who is rose to fame in 1980s action drama Knight Rider, has not given any indication of what his next TV project will be.

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