Kidman screamed, feared for life in car chase: witness

SYDNEY—Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman screamed and feared for her life as a paparazzo photographer chased her car across Sydney, an Ausstralian court heard Tuesday. The actress’s asset manager said he was driving Kidman to her parents’ home nearly three years ago when they found themselves in a terrifying pursuit in which celebrity photographer Jamie Fawcett was also involved.
Manning was giving evidence in a defamation lawsuit brought against an Australian newspaper by Fawcett in which Kidman has been summonsed to testify, despite her busy schedule shooting Baz Luhrmann’s new drama “Australia”. A jury has already found that an article in the Sun Herald newspaper defamed Fawcett, and Judge Carolyn Simpson is now considering defences brought forward by the paper’s publishers John Fairfax.
Kidman, the 40-year-old star of films including “Moulin Rouge” and “The Hours”, may be available to give evidence in the case on Monday, the court was told. She was subpoenaed despite reportedly asking that she be allowed to give evidence over a video link or at the weekend to avoid disrupting her filming schedule, the Daily Telegraph said.—Agencies