Los
Angeles
(Reuters):
Oscar-winning
actress
Reese
Witherspoon
has
sued
Star
magazine
charging
that
the
U
S-based
tabloid
fabricated
a
story
that
she
was
pregnant
with
her
third
child.
Witherspoon
yesterday
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,
which
asserts
that
she
is
not
pregnant
and
that
the
story
hurt
her
reputation
it
implied
that
she
was
dishonest
with
the
producers.
Representatives
for
American
Media
could
not
be
reached
for
comment
on
the
lawsuit
late
on
Wednesday.
Witherspoon,
who
landed
her
first
major
film
role
at
the
age
of
14
and
has
since
become
one
of
Hollywood's
most
bankable
stars,
won
a
best
actress
Academy
Award
this
year
for
her
role
in
Walk
the
Line.