Scarlett Johansson has won legal damages against an author.
The ‘Captain America’ actress claimed a mysterious blonde character in the novel ‘The First Thing We Look At’ by Gregoire Delacourt was her "exact double" and her legal team told a court in Paris, France, that the writer had invented a series of love affairs with other celebrities, which amounted to a "fraudulent use of her personal rights", The Sun newspaper reports.
However, the writer argued that the Johansson character was in fact meant as a "tribute" to her beauty, saying: "It was meant as the highest praise. She is an archetypal beauty of our times, very human with a touching fragility.
"She is a wonderful, iconic actress. I was hoping that she might send me flowers because this book is, in a way, a declaration of love."
He added: "If I had known she was going to kick up such a racket, I would have picked another actress."
However, Scarlett’s lawyer told the court that the novel presented her as a "sex object" and that the love affairs detailed in the book never took place.
The 29-year-old star – who is pregnant with her first child and is engaged to the father, French journalist Romain Dauriac – sought an injunction to stop the novel being translated or adapted, but that request was thrown out by the court.
She also demanded £40,000 in damages but was awarded just £2,000 by the judge.
Scarlett Johansson wins legal case
