In January, a celebrity applied for an injunction against an
English tabloid newspaper that wished to publish an article about a
three-way sexual encounter. This case subsequently went all the way
to the Supreme Court, and in a controversial decision yesterday, it
ruled that the injunction in the 'celebrity threesome' case
should not be lifted.
The story so far Back in January, one half of a
celebrity couple in the entertainment business (known only as
'PJS') applied for an injunction against The Sun on
Sunday. He sought to restrain publication of an article about
a three-way sexual encounter with two people he had met over the
internet.
The injunction was initially refused by Mr Justice Cranston, but
the Court of Appeal allowed an appeal and restrained the
publication of the identity of the claimant and his partner, and
the details of their relationship. The injunction was effective for
a time, but in April, an article about PJS' threesome was
published in the
