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While I would rather gouge out my eyes than see Jessica Sierra naked ... on the other hand there's this: An Irish magazine apologised to Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren Woods, on Friday and agreed to pay the former model "substantial" damages after it published fake nude pictures during the 2006 Ryder Cup.
"The false and deeply offensive article in The Dubliner magazine, with the accompanying photograph of another woman wrongly claimed to be me, caused great personal distress to me and my family," Nordegren Woods said in a statement.
She did not disclose the scale of damages received in settlement of a libel action brought in November 2006 but a source said the magazine had agreed to pay $182,000 over two years. Frankly, that magazine got off easy. I'm sure these photos were worth way more than that in publicity.
In a very classy move (and not like she needs the money), Nordegren Woods said the money would be donated to cancer support charities in memory of Heather Clarke, the late wife of British golfer Darren Clarke.
Trevor White, publisher of The Dubliner, conceded that the article - published in September 2006 when Ireland was hosting the Ryder Cup - "was cheap, tasteless, and deliberately offensive. It was also completely untrue."
The article visibly angered Woods during the opening day of competition, which the United States lost to Europe.
As part of the settlement accepted by a Dublin court, The Dubliner must publish its lengthy apology in a variety of venues, including in its next issue. If the magazine fails to meet the conditions the award will be increased to $366,500 and the publishers will have to pay Nordegren Woods' legal costs.
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