Penthouse settles 'topless Anna' lawsuit

Penthouse magazine has settled a lawsuit over its use of topless pictures it said were of Anna Kournikova.

Judith Soltesz-Benetton sued after the pictures of her were published and promoted as photos of the tennis star.

The amount paid to her was not disclosed by Penthouse's owner, General Media Communications.

She was seeking €10.3m in damages.

The settlement was reached in New York just before a ruling from US District Judge Denny Chin.

The judge had threatened to recall the magazine if it went ahead with the photographs even though it knew they were not of the Kournikova.