 American Media Stands By Mary-kate's Cocaine Abuse | |
AMERICAN Media is standing firm behind its story that Mary-Kate Olsen has
entered rehab for cocaine addiction, not anorexia, as her camp has claimed. The
magazine empire's biggest titles, the Star and the National Enquirer, both
published cover stories trumpeting Mary-Kate's alleged addiction this week,
complete with photos purporting to show the teen queen checking into the Cirque
Lodge, a rehab clinic in Utah. And despite threats of legal action, American
Media mouthpiece Stu Zakim gloated yesterday, "If they were going to sue us,
they would have done it already. Nothing has come forward and that only
reinforces the validity of our reporting. We knew how explosive this story
would be, and it's been fact-checked and fact-checked and fact-checked. We have
all the confidence in the world that our reporting is on the money." Zakim
predicts both weeklies "will sell incredibly well on the newsstand." Olsen
spokesman Michael Pagnotta said he had not seen the Enquirer, but, "If it's the
same kind of reporting as in the Star, which we consider to be false, then it
would likewise be evaluated by our attorneys. The bottom line is that Mary-Kate
was not admitted for drugs, period | 
