Kevin Costner has been revealed as the celebrity accused of performing a sex act while having a massage at a prestigious hotel in Scotland, after a tribunal ruled there was not a strong enough reason to keep his name suppressed.
The Hollywood star was accused of taking off his towel during the massage at The Old Course Hotel in St Andrews, Fife, in October 2004, exposing himself and then performing a sex act.
An earlier legal ruling had prevented his identity being revealed, but the tribunal chairman Nicol Hosie ruled that following widespread newspaper and magazine reports outside Britain, as well as internet blogs, which alleged that Costner was the culprit, his name had already fully entered the public domain.
A lawyer acting for the Daily Mail newspaper had argued that Costner’s had been published in papers including the Sunday Times in Perth, Australia, The National Enquirer and the Himalaya Times in Nepal.
The 51-year-old actor had been on honeymoon with his new wife in St Andrews when he went for the massage.
The 34-year-old spa worker giving the massage claimed she had been unfairly dismissed after she made a complaint to management about Costner’s behaviour.
But just before her tribunal hearing was due to start today the woman, who cannot be named, settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
Last month, the Scottish masseuse told the tribunal in Dundee that she was "mortified" when Costner removed his massage towel before engaging in a sex act.
"It was disgusting and, even though he was a Hollywood superstar, I couldn’t believe he thought he could get away with something like that," she said.
"Kevin Costner abused me and I considered that a criminal act.
"When I was giving his wife a massage afterwards, I wanted to tell her everything."
The management of the hotel had not taken her seriously enough when she complained, she said, and she had not been provided with adequate counselling. The woman said that she was sacked last August.
Costner, whose best-known films include Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and The Bodyguard, is understood to be a good friend of the hotel’s owners. He has previously denied the claims through his publicist Paul Bloch.
Speaking from Los Angeles tonight, Mr Bloch said: "This is a dispute between an ex-employee and a hotel; this was never about Kevin Costner."
He added: "I have not even reached Mr Costner. He’s on location shooting so he knows nothing more about this."
An advocate representing The Daily Mail, Laurence Kennedy told the tribunal: "It is not the role of the tribunal to police the question of reputation," he said.
"The newspaper wishes to be free to report the allegations as allegations, not as a matter of fact."
After deliberating for an hour, Mr Hosie said it was unlikely that Costner was unaware of the allegations against him, given the coverage the story has had in the American press and on the internet.
"It is very significant that his name is widely reported in the world’s press," he said. "It is already a matter which is in the public domain."
He added he was not convinced there was a pressing social need convincing enough to allow restrictions to be put in place which would prevent Costner being identified.
2006-07-04 08:45:29
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answered by JoYbOy 4
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Never liked him or his movies. He has an almost whiny delivery. He seems not to like Irish people.either Not sure why. Perhaps he'd gotten his *** kicked by an Irish american kid and held a grudge because in several of his movies irish types are always viewed as barbaric crude people who he- in his cool calculated way always takes down a peg. The only exception to this general rule is in The Untouchables where he befriends a crude irish American policeman, but he does so as if he has to bring himself down a few levels of decorum to do so.
2014-04-15 23:17:14
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answered by Robert B 1
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You know that the Native Americans that Costner used in "Dances with Wolves" called him "Plays with Camera," right? Also, a friend of mine, when I asked him if he liked the movie "JFK," said, "I liked all of the scenes that didn't have Kevin Costner in 'em," which was quite hilarious, being that K.C. is in most every scene. ... Long story short: I'm not a fan of Kevin Costner. He's a dork.
2006-07-03 17:48:25
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answered by Gestalt 6
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I don't know: exactly how much do you hate Kevin Costner?
Oh, you'd like to drown him in a pool of his own blood - well, that's special....really SPECIAL Hate!
I don't think I hate him that much. Sorry.
2006-07-03 17:48:07
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answered by -RKO- 7
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I don't hate him but I don't like him either. The movies he makes are complicated. I think he should stop producing/directoring or whateve he does and just be in a movie and not play himself which are all boring and predictable characters.
2006-07-04 06:55:36
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answered by Yoruba 3
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Oh my God! Don't tell anyone I told you this but I used to have a crush on him when i was younger when he was in the Bodyguard and Robin Hood. Now he's so old and doesn't do much, but neither would I if I had his millions.
2006-07-03 18:21:38
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answered by Anonymous
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Me, except in the film "A perfect world" that was good, mainly cos it was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood
2006-07-03 17:47:08
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answered by big_dave_x 4
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Isn't hate too strong of a word?
How is it possible to hate an impersonal celebrity?
If there was enough of his blood to pool, he would be already dead.
You need to grow up!
2006-07-03 17:51:23
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answered by Gray Matter 5
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Hes a salesman not an actor he is just a useless peice of flesh.
2006-07-04 14:26:24
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answered by rippanation 2
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No! I think he is cute and a fairly good actor!
Be careful what you wish, has a habit of coming back return favour!
2006-07-03 18:12:47
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answered by Anonymous
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