context: But the jury could have found that Eastwood's fans would think him (1) a hypocrite for giving the Enquirer an "exclusive interview" about his private life (plus access to an "exclusive" baby picture), and/or (2) essentially washed up as a movie star if he was courting publicity in a sensationalist tabloid. This would have been sufficiently damaging to Eastwood's reputation to support an award of this magnitude.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 978 F.2d 1093, 1104
citation_a.parenthetical: jury was entitled to award singer Tom Waits $75,000 in compensatory damages because it "could have inferred from the evidence that the [defendant's] commercial [featuring an imitation of Waits' voice] created a public impression that Waits was a hypocrite for endorsing Doritos."
citation_a.sentence: See Waits v. Frito-Lay, 978 F.2d 1093, 1104 (9th Cir.1992) (jury was entitled to award singer Tom Waits $75,000 in compensatory damages because it “could have inferred from the evidence that the [defendant’s] commercial [featuring an imitation of Waits’ voice] created a public impression that Waits was a hypocrite for endorsing Doritos.”); cf. Carol Burnett v. National Enquirer, 144 Cal.App.3d 991, 1016, 193 Cal.Rptr. 206 (Cal.Ct.App.1983) (evidence of plaintiffs public image and Enquirer ’s wide readership supported award of $60,000 in damages for injury to reputation).
citation_b.signal: cf.
citation_b.identifier: 144 Cal.App.3d 991, 1016
citation_b.parenthetical: evidence of plaintiffs public image and Enquirer 's wide readership supported award of $60,000 in damages for injury to reputation
citation_b.sentence: See Waits v. Frito-Lay, 978 F.2d 1093, 1104 (9th Cir.1992) (jury was entitled to award singer Tom Waits $75,000 in compensatory damages because it “could have inferred from the evidence that the [defendant’s] commercial [featuring an imitation of Waits’ voice] created a public impression that Waits was a hypocrite for endorsing Doritos.”); cf. Carol Burnett v. National Enquirer, 144 Cal.App.3d 991, 1016, 193 Cal.Rptr. 206 (Cal.Ct.App.1983) (evidence of plaintiffs public image and Enquirer ’s wide readership supported award of $60,000 in damages for injury to reputation).