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Beckham Hangs Up Libel Victory
While David and Victoria Beckham may be quick to sue individuals who cross them, making phony phone calls to the objects of their displeasure is apparently beneath them.
David Beckham on Wednesday accepted "substantial" libel damages and a public apology from U.K. tabloid The People after it published a story last month alleging that the soccer star placed hate calls to Abbie Gibson, the former nanny to his children, who quit her job four months ago.
The story ran with the headline: "Becks phone fury. England ace plagues ex-nanny with hate calls," and claimed that Beckham had "mounted an astonishing telephone hate campaign against his former nanny."
"These allegations are completely untrue," Beckham's lawyer, Gerrard Tyrrell, said. "David Beckham has not made any telephone call of the sort described in the article, nor indeed has he spoken to Ms. Gibson since she resigned her employment in April 2005."
Which is not to say that all is hunky-dory between the Beckhams and their former babysitter, who once cared for their sons, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.
After Gibson accepted a six-figure paycheck from the News of the World to spill her take on her celebrity employers' allegedly rocky marital status, the Beckhams sued her in April for breach of confidence.
Beckham called Gibson's violation of trust "amazing" and "unbelievable."
"When you invite people into your home to look after your children...you need to be able to trust them," the footballer said at the time.
However, despite Beckham's public distaste for his ex-employee, Mirror Group News, which publishes The People, acknowledged that the Real Madrid player had not sunk to expressing his anger via hate calls and that the story should never have been published.
"The defendants apologize to Mr. Beckham for the distress and injury caused to him," said Rachel Glavin, attorney for MGN.
The amount of damages awarded to Beckham was not disclosed. The paper also agreed to refrain from repeating its claims against him.
Beckham isn't the only high-profile type to accept libel damages from a Britain-based tab in recent weeks.
Last week, Cameron Diaz accepted damages and an apology from the Sun after it published photos and a story claiming she was caught "snogging" a married television producer.
After Diaz put her London-based legal team to work, the paper eventually accepted that the story was false and should not have been printed.
Meanwhile, Kate Moss also scored a legal victory against London's Sunday Mirror last week, after it published a story claiming she once passed out in a cocaine-fueled coma and had to be revived.
Moss, who employs the same attorney as Beckham, also accepted hefty legal damages and an apology after the paper acknowledged that their version of events was untrue.
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