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Photographer accuses publisher of stealing archive

The photo archive, which includes images of the Clintons, Princess Diana, and Frank Sinatra, as well as the funeral of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was contaminated with anthrax in 2001 through a letter sent to the American Media, Incorporated headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. A photo editor for American Media, Robert Stevens, later died from anthrax exposure.

No one has been charged with sending anthrax to American Media, or to other press outlets that received anthrax-laden mail at about the same time, including ABC, NBC, and the New York Post.

Last year, a Virginia-based photojournalist, Greg Mathieson, who was a regular contributor to American Media tabloids, such as the National Enquirer, the Star, and the Globe, filed a federal lawsuit seeking more than $2 million for about 1,400 of his photos caught up in the anthrax attack. The photographer alleges that American Media failed to protect the archive and, in essence, stole it after the anthrax contamination.

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Jun 13, 2006
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