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March 27, 2002/ FWD/ --- There's no denying that the private lives of celebrities have
been and will always be fodder for the masses. But Naomi Campbell, who's just
gone two-for-two with London's High Court, is one brazen beauty folks might want to mess
with a little less.
Earlier this month, the British supermodel prevailed in a case against her former personal
assistant, Vanessa Frisbee, who accused her of physical attacks after she failed to cover up
Campbell's alleged fling with actor Joseph Fiennes.
And just Wednesday, Campbell won a landmark privacy case against British tabloid newspaper
The Mirror, which published a photo of her leaving a drug treatment center.
Judge Michael Morland awarded the 31-year-old supe -- who admitted to being a drug addict --
damages of $5000 for breach of confidence and invasion of privacy, despite criticisms by both
the justice and the defense team that Campbell has used the media in the past to discuss
intimate details of her life.
"Although many aspects of the private lives of celebrities and public figures will inevitably
enter the public domain, in my judgement it does not follow that even with self-publicists
every aspect and detail of their private lives are legitimate quarry for journalists. They
are entitled to some space and privacy," the judge said.
Mirror editor Piers Morgan claimed the ruling to be "a complete joke," and is considering an
appeal (a motion for which the judge already denied). "To be honest, I'm just bored with the
whole damn thing," Morgan told the press. "I only wish the judge had put an order on us never
to mention Naomi Campbell's name again."
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