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Experts: Photog Faked It for Diaz
Cameron Diaz might have "started to shake" when she first saw a videotape of the topless photos that eventually landed the photographer in court on criminal charges, but things have been going her way so far in the case.
Taking the stand last week in Los Angeles Superior Court, Diaz told jurors that she never gave permission to shutterbug John Rutter to distribute the salacious shots from a 1992 photo shoot. When shown what appeared to be her signature on a release form, Diaz swore that it wasn't her John Hancock.
On Monday, two experts concurred, testiftying that the signature was a cut-and-paste job. Bruce Greenwood, a forensic document examiner, said the signature on the release "superimposed exactly" over an autograph on a publicity photo from the movie Feeling Minnesota with Keanu Reeves. That signature was faked by a studio publicist. George Reis, a forensic image analyst formerly of the Newport Beach Police Department, testified the signature on the release form appeared to have been Photoshopped from the earlier picture.
Dozens of such publicity images with faux Diaz autographs were found on the hard drive of Rutter's computer.
Prosecutors rested their case against Rutter early Tuesday morning. They have charged Rutter, 42, with attempted grand theft, forgery and perjury for threatening to sell the photos in the weeks before Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle opened in 2003, unless Diaz paid him $3.3 million. An extortion charge was dropped before the trial began July 13.
Last Friday, Diaz's longtime entertainment lawyer, Marcy Morris, recounted the day Rutter first contacted the actress regarding the photos. Rutter came to Morris' office on June 23, 2003 to screen a video and photos taken from a 1992 session, featuring the not-yet famous Diaz cavorting around with breasts bared.
"She started to shake [and] was really uncomfortable," Morris told the jury. After about 90 seconds, "she said, 'I don't need to see any more of this garbage.' "
Morris says she accused Rutter of blackmail and immediately contacted another lawyer to work on an injunction blocking release of the photos, as well as law enforcement officials.
A judge eventually sealed the offending images, pending the outcome of the criminal case.
Rutter could take the stand in his own defense as soon as Wednesday. If convicted, Rutter could spend up to six years behind bars. Either way, he and Diaz will square off again in court later this year: He has file a civil case accusing the actress of fraud and breach of contract. That trial is set for Oct. 17 in Santa Monica Superior Court.
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