MOVIES - Sept. 13, 1991
Sue! Sue! Sue!: Actor Sylvester Stallone is the latest star to take on supermarket tabloids, filing a $25-million libel suit against a Canadian paper for a story alleging that he was impotent as a result of steroid use. “I am not just after the tabloid itself. I’m after every individual involved in this malicious and fabricated gossip to be held accountable to the fullest extent provided by law,†Stallone said Thursday. Stallone’s Superior Court suit said the Montreal-based News Extra invaded his privacy with an Aug. 12 story stating he bulked up with steroids for the “Rocky†boxing films and later underwent implant surgery to correct impotence.
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