Nicolas Cage is not a dog thief
Monday, 7 April 2008
Nicolas Cage is not a dog thief and anyone who accuses him of being a dog thief shall be sued. Unfortunately, Kathleen Turner didn’t realise this. Nor did the Daily Mail, which reproduced extracts from her autobiography in which she falsely labelled Cage as a drunk driver and - uh oh - claimed he stole a dog. Consequently, they have both been successfully sued for libel.
Cage’s solicitor Simon Smith, of Schillings, said:
My client is extremely pleased with the outcome, which sets the record straight, since he has never been arrested for drunk-driving, dog theft, or anything else.
Which is all very unequivocal and shows that if you are thinking of labelling the Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage as a dog thief, you really shouldn’t bother. Because he isn’t one.
The story puts me in mind of that episode of Knowing Me Knowing You, where Alan Partridge gets into a confused debate with Hollywood actor “Gary Barker” over cat abuse.
Alan: You threw Whoopi Goldberg’s copper kettle at a cat?
Gary: No, I threw a copper kettle at Whoopi Goldberg’s cat.
I wonder if Nicolas Cage has ever done anything bad with a cat? I can only assume he hasn’t.
