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Why Brad and Angie finally had enough
So why are Brangelina suing the News of The World when almost every celebrity magazine has printed many more damaging "revelations"?
Well, it kills two birds with one stone.
As the law is so different, celebrities have virtually no way to sue over gossip allegations in the US. The News of The World is big and rich enough to be worth taking to court, and suing Murdoch is unlikely to displease them. If they win then US publications publishing these false claims would be deemed guilty of malice, the US definition of defamation, and they could then sue for millions.
So, not only are the Jolie-Pitts taking a stand about what's been said about them they also stop future gossip.
Kills two birds and brings the vultures into play; winning a libel case against that type of paper usually means it will not rest until it finds a story that really brings them down. It goes beyond business into proper spite.