Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon sued Star magazine on Wednesday, charging that the U.S.-based tabloid fabricated a story that she was pregnant with her third child.
Witherspoon sued the magazine's parent company, American Media Inc., in Los Angeles Superior Court for invasion of privacy over the cover story, which appears in issues dated June 26 and is already in some stores.
The article suggested that Witherspoon, 30, was unwilling to tell producers of her upcoming films that she was pregnant and was hiding her changing body under 1920s-style swimsuits, baggy clothing and "Empire-waist dresses."
The actress, who filed the lawsuit under her full name of Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon, sought unspecified general and punitive damages in the lawsuit. Claims that she is not pregnant and that the story hurt her reputation it implied that she was dishonest with her producers.
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