US bidder pays a fortune for dinner with Charlize Theron

An American man has paid nearly €40,000 to have dinner with South African actress Charlize Theron.

The celebrity dinner was offered as part of an internet charity auction on eBay.com.

Winning bidder Josh Judd is due to have dinner with Theron in Los Angeles tomorrow.

The auction was to celebrate the 200th anniversary of whisky-making partnership the Chivas Brothers.

Judd said: "I am delighted to have been able to participate in the Chivas 200 charity auction.

"My winning bids on this and other items will benefit many worthy causes in South Africa."

According to Dispatch Online, the auction raised the equivalent of just over €600,000 for international charities including Oxfam, the Red Cross Society and the National Geographic Society.