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Ashley Judd Settles Suit With Kentucky Journalist
06/18/2001 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Craig Rosen
(6/18/01, 6 p.m. ET) -- Ashley Judd and freelance journalist Larry Birkhead have agreed on a settlement two years after the writer sued the actress and member of one of country music's royal families over libelous statements he says she made regarding an article he wrote for USA Today.
Ashley and Birkhead have settled their case outside of court, and while no details of the settlement are being released, Birkhead says he is happy with the outcome. "I'm totally satisfied with the fact that we've settled," the journalist told LAUNCH. "I have always liked the Judds and Ashley. Now that it's over, everyone can get on with things."
Birkhead, who is from Ashley's native state of Kentucky, penned an article about the actress's famous mother, Naomi Judd, which was printed in August of 1999. The writer asked Naomi about Ashley's R-rated movie in theatres at the time, Double Jeopardy, to which Naomi had no comment. Ashley subsequently appeared on Entertainment Tonight and contradicted the article, saying it was a "complete fabrication" and that her mother gave a "total enthusiastic response to the film."
-- Margy Holland, Nashville
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