Busy day in the legal news department, and two stories involving Associated Newspapers. First up Lisa Marie Presley is suing the Daily Mail for libel over an article that claimed she was putting on the weight like her late father.
The article apparently claimed Presley Junior had an "unhealthy appetite" and is "growing like her dad". It was true that Lisa Marie was putting on the pounds, but that was because she was pregnant. Her lawyers say the Mail article, which was picked up by newspapers and websites worldwide (not us, I might add), not only left her "deeply upset and offended", but forced her to reveal her pregnancy before she had wished to.
Calling the press reports "disgusting", she wrote on her MySpace page: "Once they got a glimpse of my expanding physique a few days ago, they have been like a pack of coyotes circling their prey whilst eerily howling with delight. I have had to show my cards and announce under the gun and under vicious personal attack that I am in fact pregnant".
Addressing the female of the species, she continued: "You know if you were pregnant and you felt you were expanding uncontrollably by the moment as a result, and the worldwide media started badgering and harassing you for it, plastering you everywhere in an unflattering light, you would be mortified as well".
Presumably the libel action will centre on the Mail's implications that Presley's weight gain was due to greed. The newspaper is yet to comment.