溫絲萊特減肥案勝訴 獲賠2.5萬英鎊
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet accepted 25,000 pounds ($41,000) in libel damages yesterday over a British newspaper's claim that she had lied about her exercise regime.
The 34-year-old British star of Titanic and The Reader had sued over an article that appeared in the Daily Mail in January entitled "Should Kate Winslet win an Oscar for the world's most irritating actress?".
"I am delighted that the Mail have apologized for making false allegations about me," Winslet, who won the Oscar for The Reader, said in a statement.
"I was particularly upset to be accused of lying about my exercise regime and felt that I had a responsibility to request an apology in order to demonstrate my commitment to the views that I have always expressed about body issues, including diet and exercise.
"I strongly believe that women should be encouraged to accept themselves as they are, so to suggest that I was lying was an unacceptable accusation of hypocrisy."
Winslet's lawyer, Rachel Atkins, told the High Court in London that the story, which was accompanied by several naked photographs of the actress in various films, was offensive in tone.
The newspaper published an apology in September, accepting that Winslet had not lied about how much she exercised, and agreed to pay the damages and costs, Atkins said. The settlement was subsequently agreed in court yesterday.
週二，奧斯卡影后凱特•溫絲萊特從英國一家報紙獲得2.5萬英鎊（4.1萬美元）的名譽損害賠償。該報紙之前聲稱溫絲萊特在健身方式的問題上說謊。
今年一月，英國《每日郵報》刊登了一篇題爲《凱特•溫絲萊特應獲全球最惱人女星奧斯卡獎嗎？》的文章。這位曾出演《泰坦尼克號》和《朗讀者》的34歲英國女星隨即對這篇報道提起訴訟。
溫絲萊特在一份聲明中說：“我很高興《每日郵報》已就捏造關於我的不實言論進行道歉。”溫絲萊特憑《朗讀者》獲得奧斯卡獎。
“該文章指責我在鍛鍊方式問題上撒謊，這讓我感到特別難過；我覺得我有責任要求對方道歉，以表明我在飲食和鍛鍊等身體問題上的一貫看法。“
“我始終認爲應該鼓勵女人去接受她們自己本來的樣子，所以說我撒謊等於是說我虛僞，這讓人不能接受。”
溫絲萊特的律師蕾切爾•阿特金斯告訴倫敦高級法院稱，那篇報道還配了幾張溫絲萊特在幾部電影中的裸照，在語氣上帶有嘲諷意味。
阿特金斯說，該報紙已於9月發表了道歉聲明，澄清溫絲萊特並沒有謊報其鍛鍊強度，並同意支付損害賠償和訴訟費。該和解協議於昨日在法院達成。
Vocabulary:
libel damage:名譽損害
regime:a regulated system, as of diet and exercise 生活規則；飲食起居制度，養生法
