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Thursday May 24, 2007

British actress Keira Knightley, has been awarded $5,965 in libel damages after High Court Justice David Eady found in favor of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star in her suit against English newspaper “The Daily Mail”.

The newspaper ran a story about a 19-year-old woman, Sophie Mazurek, who died from anorexia, which was also accompanied by a photo of Keira Knightley in a bikini with the headline reading “If Pictures Like This One of Keira Carried a Health Warning, My Darling Daughter Might Have Lived.”

Just three days prior to publishing the story the Daily Mail released an article titled “It’s Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Keira Knightley” in which it made reference to Knightley’s denial that she suffered an eating disorder.

Knightley, who has been outspoken in her support of women being comfortable with their bodies, sued the paper for its insinuation that she was anorexic.

After being awarded libel damages Knightley said she would match the money and donate it to a charity which helps people with eating and mental disorders.