Paper pays Stone libel damages

Sharon Stone has accepted an undisclosed sum in libel damages from a British newspaper that alleged she had left her 4-year-old son in a car while dining at a London restaurant.

Kirsty Howarth, a lawyer for the owners of the Daily Mail, told a judge at London’s High Court on Thursday the newspaper now accepted that the allegation was untrue, and apologized to Stone for the distress and embarrassment it had caused.

Stone’s lawyer, Rupert Grey, said the 48-year-old actress had agreed to accept an undisclosed sum in damages and planned to donate the money to charity.