Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony got furious when the National Enquirer accused them in being involved in a herion smuggling ring; they’re now in the middle of filing a legal claim. Anthrax mailer suspect Steven Hatfill got back at Vanity Fair and Reader’s Digest for printing claims about his alleged wrong-doings; he sued (and won in a settlement). Vince Vaughn threatened London’s The Sun and Daily Mirror and the New York Post for alleging he cheated on Jennifer Aniston; he let that lawsuit fade away.

Those are three of the various stages a celebrity libel lawsuit might be in.

And then there’s Keira Knightley, who just joined the ranks of Roman Polanskis.

A fat $6,000 cheque is headed her way after Britain’s High Court ruled in her favor in a lawsuit against the Daily Mail, which ran a story with a photo captioned, “If Pictures Like This One of Keira Carried a Health Warning, My Darling Daughter Might Have Lived.” That line essentially labeled her an anorexia victim, her lawyer argued, which she is not. Supposedly.

The court agreed with Keira, who is actually adding a bit of her own money to the award and donating it to charity. Honorable.

So chalk up another win to celebrities who look like they’re suffering from – but do not actually have – horrible health problems.

Then again, Kate Moss was also part of this camp, in 2005, when she won her libel lawsuit against Britain’s Sunday Mirror over claims she abused cocaine and fell into a coma. And we all know how that turned out.

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