UK: Supreme Court prohibits publication of a threesome
by Tobias RaabIn a judgement given on May 19th 2016, the UK Supreme Court ruled in favour of a celebrity who had taken legal actions against the News Group Newspapers. The Court ruled with a majority of 4:1 (Case no.: [2016] UKSC 26).
The celebrity and his wife have two young children and are well-known individuals in the entertainment business. He had a sexual relationship with one person between 2009 and 2011 and, on one occasion, a sexual encounter with that person and a third person. After the editor of the Sun on Sunday newspaper, published by News Group Newspapers…