LONDON - Hollywood actress Kate Hudson instructed lawyers to begin action against several publications for printing pictures which she said falsely implied she had an eating disorder.
Hudson, daughter of actress Goldie Hawn, claims the pictures "suggested that she had an eating disorder that was so grave and serious that she was wasting away, to the extreme concern of her mother and family," her lawyers said.
The images, and the articles that accompanied them, could also prove damaging to her career as it might raise concern amongst casting agents, London law firm Schillings added.
The publications included US tabloid The National Enquirer for its article last month titled "Goldie tells Kate: Eat Something! And She Listens!"
British magazine Heat and the Daily Mail UK newspaper are also cited.
"Ms Hudson will argue in the courts that the images in question gave a seriously false and misleading impression as to her true physical condition, in that she was portrayed as being dangerously thin with an eating disorder," Schillings said in a statement.
It added the case was expected to go for trial at London's High Court in 2006 if not settled beforehand.
- REUTERS
Kate Hudson takes legal action against eating disorder claims
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