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Alba in Playboy spat
03/03/2006 09:17 - (SA)
Los Angeles - Film star Jessica Alba
demanded that Playboy magazine pull its March issue, saying on
Thursday that its editors made her an unwitting cover girl and
misled readers into thinking they could see her nude inside.
Lawyers for Alba sent Playboy a letter threatening to sue
if it did not remove the issue - which features a publicity
photo of the bikini-clad actress on the front - from the
stands and pay for damages to her reputation and career.
"Playboy has violated my personal rights and blatantly
misled the public, who might think I had given them permission
to put me on their cover when I didn't," Alba, 24, said in a
statement.
Alba's lawyers say that after the Fantastic Four film
star refused to pose for Playboy, the magazine tricked Sony
Pictures into giving it a publicity photo from her 2005 film
Into the Blue for the cover.
More deception
Playboy added to the deception when it put its bunny logo
on Alba's bikini top in the photo, her lawyer said.
In the February 23 letter, which was made public on the Smoking
Gun website, attorney Brian Wolf said Playboy sought to create
the false impression that Alba would appear in revealing
pictures inside the magazine.
A Playboy spokesperson said Alba was placed on the cover
after being chosen "sexiest star of the year" by its readers.
She was included inside the magazine in an article on the top
25 sexiest celebrities as chosen in an online poll.
"Many celebrities have appeared on the cover of Playboy,
but not nude, including Claudia Schiffer, Paris Hilton, Goldie
Hawn, Raquel Welch, Barbra Streisand, Brooke Shields and Donald
Trump," Playboy spokeswoman Lauren Malone said.
- Reuters
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