Angelina Jolie Sues Daily Mail for Heroin Video Leak

U.K. based online tabloid, The Daily Mail, is facing another battle with a celebrity A-lister. Angelina Jolie has reportedly begun filing a lawsuit against the site for publishing a video which was allegedly taken while the actress was supposedly struggling with drug addiction in the 90s. 

According to The London Times, the video taken by Franklin Meyer in 1999, showed Jolie on the phone, allegedly talking to her father, Jon Voigt, and rambling incoherently about something. Meyer, who confessed years back that he delivered heroin and cocaine to the younger Jolie thrice a week, had taken the clip during one of his deliveries. It was leaked to the National Enquirer years back, but Daily Mail rehashed it for itself, placed its logo on it and ran it as an exclusive with the caption "Bloodshot hollow eyes, emaciated arms and rambling on the phone: Haunting video of Angelina Jolie the heroin addict." 

The Times said Jolie believed that the publication of the video was a "gross violation of her privacy."

The story of Jolie's struggle with drugs is no secret. In fact, the award-winning actress had already confessed in previous interviews that she had dealt with almost every type of drug known to man. How she is today, of course, is a different story. She is currently an ambassador for the United Nations, which makes the Daily Mail's intentions for publishing the video highly inappropriate. 

Some observers say this kind of behavior is actually to be expected of the tabloid, who just last week was lambasted by George Clooney for its ludicrous portrayal of fiancee Amal Alamuddin's family. According to the Huffington Post, the publication had maliciously implied in its article that Amal's family rejected their planned marriage due to religious issues. The actor wrote about his disgust on USA Today, after which the Daily Mail apologized. Clooney once again replied on USA Today, rejecting the apology saying, "There is one constant when a person or company is caught doing something wrong. The coverup is always worse." 

As of this writing, the 16-minute video has already been taken down from the Daily Mail website, but the publication has yet to make a formal statement about Jolie's reported lawsuit.