Mirror sued by Holden

TV actress Amanda Holden is suing the Daily Mirror for libel over two articles that appeared in the tabloid's 3am gossip column alleging she had kicked up a fuss over her accommodation arrangements during the filming of BBC1 hairdressers' drama Cutting It.

Her lawyers confirmed today Ms Holden has issued high court proceedings for defamation against Mirror Group Newspapers in respect of two articles about her published in the Mirror on September 28 and October 8.

"The articles claim that Ms Holden had fallen out with BBC bosses and had been difficult over accommodation arrangements for her during the filming of the next series of Cutting It in Manchester," said Peter Crawford of Stitt & Co in a statement.

Both Ms Holden and the BBC have denied the story.

"She seeks damages and an injunction to restrain publication of further similar libels," he added.

A spokesman for the Mirror said the claim form would be dealt with "through the usual channels".

Mr Crawford represented Ms Holden and her husband, the comedian Les Dennis, in a landmark case against Express Newspapers.

He helped the couple to win £40,000 after the Daily Star published pictures of Ms Holden walking around topless in the grounds of a private villa in Tuscany last June.

The couple also won an injunction preventing a further set of pictures of them taken by a freelance photographer from being published.

They later sued the paper for breach of privacy under the Human Rights Act.

The People, also published by MGN, is currently being sued for libel by Liam Gallagher, after a front page splash in the paper alleged that the Oasis star was unfaithful to his fiancee Nicole Appleton with an Italian fan.

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