Sienna Miller: I was spat on by paparazzi
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Actress Sienna Miller talked about her paranoia brought on by one British tabloid.
The "Alfie" star was speaking at the Leveson inquiry into media practices in London on Thursday (November 24).
Miller's private life and particularly her romantic liaisons have long been staple fodder for the tabloid press.
She talked about the lengths photographers went to in order to get a reaction out of her.
SOUNDBITE: Actress Sienna Miller, saying (English):
"Anything from being spat at or verbally abused. Being jumped out when you get a shock or say some things to get emotional reaction and they seem to go to any lengths to try to upset you."
She'd even gone so far as to accuse those closest to her of betraying by disclosing to the press her most intimate secrets.
Miller accused the tabloids of keeping what she called a "web of surveillance" on her.
SOUNDBITE: Actress Sienna Miller, saying (English):
"I wanted to understand the extent of the information that they had on me. I wanted to know who knew, who had access to my telephone numbers, who had been listening to me."
The actress won GBP35,000 pounds from the Sun and the now defunct News of the World in November 2008.
She sued them for breaching her privacy.
It was a similar story for "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling who said she had taken against newspapers about 50 times over breaches of privacy and misreporting.
She said she was outraged when the intrusion even reached her children.
She found a note from a journalist inside her then five-year-old daughter's school bag.
Rowling wanted there to be a distinct difference between real journalism and tabloids.
SOUNDBITE: JK Rowling, Author, saying (English):
"Again, I think the point here is that, I, like a lot of people who have agreed to give evidence at this inquiry; we are not looking for special treatment. We are looking for normal treatment. I don't regard myself as entitled to more than. I am simply asking for the same as."
The Leveson inquiry was set up in July and is expected to last a year.
Cindy Martin, Reuters
Actress Sienna Miller talked about her paranoia brought on by one British tabloid.
The "Alfie" star was speaking at the Leveson inquiry into media practices in London on Thursday (November 24).
Miller's private life and particularly her romantic liaisons have long been staple fodder for the tabloid press.
She talked about the lengths photographers went to in order to get a reaction out of her.
SOUNDBITE: Actress Sienna Miller, saying (English):
"Anything from being spat at or verbally abused. Being jumped out when you get a shock or say some things to get emotional reaction and they seem to go to any lengths to try to upset you."
She'd even gone so far as to accuse those closest to her of betraying by disclosing to the press her most intimate secrets.
Miller accused the tabloids of keeping what she called a "web of surveillance" on her.
SOUNDBITE: Actress Sienna Miller, saying (English):
"I wanted to understand the extent of the information that they had on me. I wanted to know who knew, who had access to my telephone numbers, who had been listening to me."
The actress won GBP35,000 pounds from the Sun and the now defunct News of the World in November 2008.
She sued them for breaching her privacy.
It was a similar story for "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling who said she had taken against newspapers about 50 times over breaches of privacy and misreporting.
She said she was outraged when the intrusion even reached her children.
She found a note from a journalist inside her then five-year-old daughter's school bag.
Rowling wanted there to be a distinct difference between real journalism and tabloids.
SOUNDBITE: JK Rowling, Author, saying (English):
"Again, I think the point here is that, I, like a lot of people who have agreed to give evidence at this inquiry; we are not looking for special treatment. We are looking for normal treatment. I don't regard myself as entitled to more than. I am simply asking for the same as."
The Leveson inquiry was set up in July and is expected to last a year.
Cindy Martin, Reuters