Kate Middleton's Topless Photo Taker: Jail Time, Huge Fine a Possibility
Did the paparazzo who zoomed in on Kate Middleton and her naked chest commit a crime?
Sacre bleu—quite possibly!
A French attorney tells E! News that the Duchess of Cambridge—who, with the weight of the royal family behind her, has already sued the tabloid that published topless photos of her—has the option of lodging a criminal complaint.
Why did Kate Middleton sue but Prince Harry didn't?
The pics that ended up on the cover (and within the pages) of French mag Closer were allegedly taken from half a mile away while Kate was sunning herself with husband Prince William at what they presumably thought was a private chateau in Provence.
'If photographs of Kate Middleton have been taken and published without her consent during her holidays, she may file a complaint on the basis of article 9 of the French civil code and article 226-1 of the penal code,' says attorney Pierre Hourcade (who is not associated with the royal).
Hourcade says that French law dictates that people have the right to respect for their private lives and, as a picture of a person is considered an attribute of that person, photographic images fall under that protection..
Two people have been charged over topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, it is being reported.
Sources told the AFP news agency the accused are the head of the Mondadori Group - the publisher of glossy magazine Closer where some of the shots were printed - and a photographer at regional daily La Provence.
The photos of Prince William's wife Catherine caused a furore when they were published last September, and sparked a criminal probe into how they were obtained.
Prince William and Kate The couple spoke of their anger about the pictures' publication
Judges in the Paris suburb of Nanterre charged the photographer with 'invasion of privacy' for taking images of the former Kate Middleton in a swimsuit while she was on holiday in the south of France with her husband.
Those shots were published in La Provence, but the most intimate pictures showing the Duchess of Cambridge topless and having sun cream applied by William were published in Closer.
Judges are still investigating who took those photos.
Ernesto Mauri, the chief executive of Mondadori, was also charged with 'invasion of privacy' for allowing the topless shots to be published.
French authorities promptly banned Closer from any further publication or resale of the topless images after they first emerged.
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The magazine that first printed the topless pictures must hand them over, judge says.
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The intrusive topless photos of Kate Middleton could lead to charges being handed out to two people in France, a publisher and a photographer, thought to be involved in the scandal.
The two people have now been put under official investigation and are likely to be charged with 'invasion of privacy' for the Kate Middleton photo scandal that hit last September.
The topless photos, originally published in 'Closer' magazine, were taken while Prince William and Kate were staying at the Chateau d'Autet in Provence, France – a private rural villa.
The first person charged is Ernesto Mauri, the CEO of Mondadori, the company responsible for publishing Closer in France.
The photos outraged the British Royal Family, and especially Prince William, who remembers his mother, Princess Diana, being hounded and chased by the paparazzi in France when her car crashed resulting in her death.
The British Royal Family sued Closer in the aftermath of the Kate photos, and the magazine was ordered to hand over all intrusive photos of Middleton.
'These snapshots which showed the intimacy of a couple, partially naked on the terrace of a private home, surrounded by a park several hundred meters from a public road, and being able to legitimately assume that they are protected from passers-by, are by nature particularly intrusive. (They) were thus subjected to this brutal display the moment the cover appeared,' wrote the
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Topless photos of Kate Middleton have just been released. Hollyscoop has the details but the circumstances are much different from Prince Harry Vegas pics. The topless picsms of The Duchess of Cambridge were snapped and published by a French celebrity gossip magazine called Closer. Now the palace is considered legal options.
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Kate Middleton's Topless Photo Taker: Jail Time, Huge Fine a Possibility
Did the paparazzo who zoomed in on Kate Middleton and her naked chest commit a crime?
Sacre bleu—quite possibly!
A French attorney tells E! News that the Duchess of Cambridge—who, with the weight of the royal family behind her, has already sued the tabloid that published topless photos of her—has the option of lodging a criminal complaint.
Why did Kate Middleton sue but Prince Harry didn't?
The pics that ended up on the cover (and within the pages) of French mag Closer were allegedly taken from half a mile away while Kate was sunning herself with husband Prince William at what they presumably thought was a private chateau in Provence.
'If photographs of Kate Middleton have been taken and published without her consent during her holidays, she may file a complaint on the basis of article 9 of the French civil code and article 226-1 of the penal code,' says attorney Pierre Hourcade (who is not associated with the royal).
Hourcade says that French law dictates that people have the right to respect for their private lives and, as a picture of a person is considered an attribute of that person, photographic images fall under that protection.
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The beautiful Sofia Vergara has been getting more attention than usual lately because of photographs that surfaced of her body painting with her friend, Spanish-American artist Domingo Zapata. The Colombian actress, best known for her work on ABC's 'Modern Family,' appears only in her underwear as Zapata paints hearts and large words all over her body, according to the Daily Mail.The attention surrounding these pictures has grown since the French magazine Closer published topless photos of Kate Middleton. Of course, Vergara knowingly posed for the pictures, while Middleton was shot by a paparazzo on private property.
Vergara is engaged to businessman Nick Loeb. She quickly rose to fame in the U.S. for her portrayal of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on 'Modern Family.' The actress was already incredibly popular in Latin America before achieving crossover success as Ed O'Neil's wife in the popular Wednesday night situation comedy, according to ABC. She also appeared on 'Desperate Housewives,' 'Meet the Browns,' 'Dirty Sexy Money,' and a slew of other series on the way to becoming the highest-paid television actress in the world.
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KATE Middleton‘s breasts are quickly becoming the most-famous pair of bosoms in the world!
The British royal’s topless pictures — first published in France’s Closer magazine — have appeared on the front cover of Italian magazine CHI.
The Italian magazine which plans to publish more topless pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge has some 200 images of the future queen sunbathing naked, it has emerged.
Chi announced it is preparing a 26-page special edition tomorrow featuring 50 intimate photographs of Kate Middleton on holiday in France.
The Chi cover, featuring three pictures of a topless princess, was unveiled Saturday in Italian newspapers and television under the headline ‘Court Scandal: The Queen is Nude!’
The defiant editor of Chi has Tweeted that “not even a direct call from the Queen” would stop him from publishing the pictures.
Former Latin teacher-turned-editor Alfonso Signorini, 48, posted the message online after being posed the question by one of his followers on Twitter.
“I am convinced by this scoop that Chi will be publishing on Monday because that is what we are talking about,” he said. “These pictures are not offensive or in poor taste, they are not morbid and they do not damage the dignity of anyone.
“Instead the pictures that were published in Britain of Prince Harry were exactly that — if I didn’t recognise the journalistic value of what I
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