Kidman settles perfume libel case

ACTRESS Nicole Kidman, the face of Chanel No.5, yesterday accepted substantial damages over a claim that she snubbed the perfume by promoting a competitor.

The 40-year-old Oscar winner was not at London’s High Court to hear the settlement of her libel action against the Daily Telegraph.

Her solicitor, John Kelly, told Mr Justice Gray that she had suffered considerable embarrassment and distress over the story, which appeared last month.