McCann Family Pals Win Libel Settlement

Tabloids hit with $650K judgment for 'wholly untrue' claims
By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 17, 2008 10:02 AM CDT
McCann Family Pals Win Libel Settlement
In this March 2007 file photo, released by the McCann family on May 4, 2007, British girl Madeleine McCann is seen in Liverpool, England.    (AP Photo/McCann Family)

A British tabloid company has paid some $650,000 in libel damages after printing false information about the friends who dined with Madeleine McCann’s parents on the night of the 3-year-old’s disappearance. The Express Newspapers chain apologized to the group and agreed that its claims were “wholly untrue,” the Guardian reports.

Both newspapers also printed apologies to the so-called tapas seven. “The defamatory stories written about us were not only extremely damaging on a personal level but we strongly feel were detrimental to the search for Madeleine,” said a member of the group. "Our only aim is to see her safely recovered and reunited with the family who so adore her."
(More Madeleine McCann stories.)

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