California Paparazzi Law – A proposed law in California to control paparazzi is gathering support from celebrities, the Screen Actors Guild, and surprisingly, the paparazzi themselves.
Current California paparazzi law only punishes paparazzi for any assaults and altercations caused by their attempts to photograph celebrities.
Nothing restricts them from the swarming mob behavior that engulfs clebrities like Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan every time they set foot in public.
The existing California anti-paparazzi statute was signed into law September 30, 2005 by Governor Schwartzenegger.
Under that anti-paparazzi law, the perpetrator of a paparazzi assault may be liable for up to three times the amount of general and special damages proximately caused by that violation, punitive damages, and disgorgement to the plaintiff of any proceeds or other consideration as a result of the violation.
California Paparazzi Law Video
The anti-paparazzi law also provides that a person who directs, solicits, actually induces, or actually causes another person to commit an assault of this nature can be liable for similar damages.
Even minor celebrities like Vanessa Hudgens are stalked by paparazzi as they go about mundane tasks like pumping gas into their car.
Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger has said that he supports an even stronger law providing for a “celebrity buffer zone of privacy” to allow celebrities some comfortable distance from intrusive paparazzi.
And that’s the latest news on the proposed california paparazzi law.
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February 2nd, 2008 at 7:27 pm
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February 3rd, 2008 at 12:47 pm
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March 8th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Very happy to see things are being done. The paparazzi is *bleepin* ridiculous. Its annoying to see a person like Britney Spears who is simply trying to fix her life up being swarmed by these money hungry as-holes. They dont allow her to go shopping, they bother and ask questions. They give the same excuse, that she knew she’d be in the public eye..but they forget that movie stars, musicians, etc are people who have a life too! Anyway..very happy to see Cal. not ignoring that.