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Halle Berry pushes back against ‘backyard‘ paps
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By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer 10 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES - Halle Berry says a paparazzi photographer went too far to get a shot of the actress holding her infant daughter, trespassing onto her private property and snapping them hanging out in the backyard.
Evan Spiegel, an attorney representing Berry, said a criminal complaint has been filed and an investigation is under way. He said there are witnesses who saw the photographers in the middle of a "very blatant and invasive trespass."
Besides pursuing criminal charges against the photographer, Berry is seeking to get the photos removed from the Web. In her statement to The Associated Press, Berry said she will never sell pictures of her children.
The photos, some of which have blurred leaves in the foreground, show Berry holding her daughter, standing near a table in what appears to be a private backyard. Berry‘s mother is also in some of the pictures.
Berry gave birth to Nahla, her first child, in March. Nahla‘s father, model Gabriel Aubry, was not seen in the photos.
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