Koo Stark, who dated Prince Andrew in the 1980s, will receive “substantial damages” over a published news story that wrongly referred to her as a “porn star.”
Stark, 66, a US photographer who also worked as an actress, sued Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers, as well as the paper’s former editor and deputy editor, Geordie Greig and Gerard Greaves.
According to Sky News,
The November 2019 story referred to Prince Andrew as a “Duke of Hazard” with “very shady friends”.
A photo of Ms Stark accompanying the article showed her in the film The Awakening Of Emily and was captioned “The prince and the porn star”.
It also referred to the prince having had “an astonishing relationship with a soft porn actress”.
Koo Stark’s lawyer, Francis Leonard, said the words suggested she was a “porn actress who has made her living participating in films which are made for distribution in the pornographic market”.
“The true position is that Ms Stark has never appeared in a pornographic film or posed for pornographic photographs,” said the lawyer.
“None of her work could properly be described as pornographic or indeed as ‘very shady’.
“In particular, the film The Awakening Of Emily is a coming-of-age drama and not a pornographic film.”
Judge Mrs. Justice Collins Rice said: “I note the very full apology, the payment of substantial damages, and this statement.
“Ms. Stark is entitled to consider herself, and be considered as fully vindicated.”
I mean, what’s next? A Prince Andrew sex tape? You know it’s possible. Or maybe we’ll get some good AI porn about Prince Andrew.
