Jude Law

Law portrayed Vladimir Putin in The Wizard of the Kremlin. The project and certain interpretations of the character prompted debate over the risk of reproducing Kremlin myths or excessively humanising Putin.

State of the evidence

Documented

Legal status — source text

No legal proceedings

Law signed and promoted a letter urging the British government to help unaccompanied minors in the Calais "Jungle", then visited the site.

State of the evidence

Reported by the press

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No legal proceedings

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Personally implicated

Law sued News Group Newspapers after discovering interception of his voicemail messages and repeated surveillance. He received £130,000 plus costs in the settlement announced in 2012.

State of the evidence

Settlement

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Protagonist is the victim

Law took several legal steps to restrict publication of photographs and information about his children, notably obtaining damages from Hello! and an undertaking not to publish, followed by an agreement with Sadie Frost concerning her autobiography.

State of the evidence

Settlement

Photographer Harsha Gopal claimed that Law had struck her on the head while leaving a restaurant. Law maintained that the contact was accidental as he shielded himself from camera flashes.

State of the evidence

Alleged

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Directly implicated

Law attended a police station after a paparazzo accused him of assault near his home; he denied the allegation and made his own allegations concerning the photographer's conduct.

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Directly implicated

While engaged to Sienna Miller, Law acknowledged an affair with Daisy Wright, his children's nanny, after the relationship became public.

State of the evidence

Admitted by the person

Legal status — source text

No legal proceedings

Attribution

Personally implicated