China: "Harry Potter" author JK Rowling told a public inquiry into British media standards on Thursday she was forced to move house because of tabloid harassment and had been made to feel like a hostage in her home after she gave birth. During two hours of evidence, Rowling revealed a note had been slipped into her young daughter's schoolbag by a journalist and that she had chased a paparazzo photographer down the street when she |
| A still image from broadcast footage shows author JK Rowling speaking at the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in central London November 24, 2011.[Photo/Agencies] |
tried to take a picture of her with her children. Rowling, who is protective of her three children's privacy and has regularly complained to the press, said if you did stand up to certain newspapers about their behavior, they could be "spiteful" and seek retribution. "This doesn't apply to the whole of the press but the attitude seems to be utterly cavalier, indifference, what does it matter, you're famous, you're asking for it," she said. Source: China.org.cn
