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A US District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in Jones v. Turner that Paula Jones failed to establish sufficient grounds to justify an injunction to stop Penthouse magazine from distributing an issue containing nude photos of her. Jones sued a former boyfriend and Penthouse for publishing the photos in an article on her sexual harassment charges against Pres Clinton. The court ruled that, while she may suffer irreparable harm, she failed to show that her invasion of privacy suit was likely to succeed on the merits.
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The US Court of Appeals for the 3d Circuit has ruled that information from police files can be published without the newspaper being sued for invasion of privacy. In Scheetz v Morning Call Inc, the report of a police officer and his wife's domestic dispute was obtained by a reporter through a confidential source, after the police department had refused to give her a copy. Because no arrest took place and no charges were filed, the police officer sued for invasion of privacy, but the court stated police records are public records.
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The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled in Doe v. Berkeley Publishers that a jail rape victim whose name was published in a newspaper could not bring an invasion of privacy suit because the crime was a matter of public interest.The victim sued a local newspaper after the newspaper identified him as the victim of a rape in the local jail.
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