Britney's sex tape lawsuit dismissed
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by American pop star Britney Spears against Us Weekly magazine, ruling that the hyper sexy image created by the pop star cannot be defamed by published rumors.
Spears had sued the Us Weekly publications for fabricating a story about a sexually explicit video the pop star and her husband, dancer Kevin Federline had shot together.
The celebrity couple had sought $10 million in damages from the publication group over the article ‘Brit & Kev: Secret Sex Tape? New parents have a new worry: racy footage from 2004’ featuring in the ‘HOT Stuff’ column in October 2005.
Against the milieu of past incidents where the pop icon french-kissed Madonna on national television, filmed her naked husband in the shower for television viewers to see and posed naked herself on several occasions, adjudicator found no basis for Spears claim.
“The plaintiff herself has put her modern sexuality squarely, and profitably, before the public eye”, concluded Hart Cole while dismissing the 24-year-old pop star's defamation case last week.
A multifaceted personality, Spears excels in pop singing and dancing. She is also an occasional actress, author, and songwriter. The American pop singer is best known for her studio albums and music videos.
Spears chart-topping debut album ‘...Baby One More Time’ in 1998, gave her career a kick start. She bagged four Billboard Music Awards including one for Female Artist of the Year.
Spears has sold over seventy-six million records worldwide and is rated the highest selling female artist of the 2000s by the TIME magazine.
Her first photoshoot for the Rolling Stone Magazine in 1999 triggered widespread speculation as she was among the few who opted for breast implants at the age of seventeen.
In 2004, she married dancer Kevin Federline and she soon gave birth to their son, Sean Preston in September 2005. The couple had their second son, Jayden James, in September 2006.
Currently the singer in working on her fifth studio album which is due for release in 2007.
