I was so scared, says Nicole
2007-11-19 10:01
Sydney - Actress Nicole Kidman told a judge on Monday that she was "really, really scared" when chased in her car by a local photographer two years ago.
The photographer, Jamie Fawcett, is suing The Sun-Herald newspaper for defamation over an article that said he was Sydney's most disliked freelance photographer and that his behaviour toward the Oscar-winning actress was so "intrusive and threatening" that he scared her.
Kidman was called to testify before the New South Wales state Supreme Court as it considers whether to award damages against the newspaper's publisher.
A jury has already found that the article defamed Fawcett.
Wearing a gray skirt, white blouse and pale pink cardigan, the actress was mobbed by photographers and reporters when she arrived at the court in central Sydney.
In court Kidman said she became worried about a possible accident when her driver, John Manning, told her that she was being followed by Fawcett and another driver during the alleged pursuit on January 23 2005.
"He said that they were driving crazy and that they had run red lights and jumped the median strip," Kidman told Justice Carolyn Simpson.
"I was frightened and I was worried there was going to be an accident."
Asked her state of mind during the chase, Kidman replied: "Really, really scared."
- AP