All those hours spent with her Jamie Fawcett voodoo doll, tearing up his pretend cash and cutting up his pretend credit cards before jamming his pretend camera up his doll bot-bot, have finally paid off for Nicole Kidman, it would seem.

Her arch enemy Mr Fawcett, a notorious paparazzo, has just declared himself bankrupt.

Freelance photographer Jamie Fawcett has confirmed losing a defamation case which called Kidman as a star witness has proved his financial ruin.

With legal bills reportedly in excess of $1.6 million following the judgement against him earlier this year, Fawcett told Confidential yesterday he was formally bankrupted on August 29.

And how did all this come about? Apparently Jamie Fawcett didn't like the Sun-Herald referring to him as Sydney's "most disliked freelance photographer".

 

While a jury found Fawcett had been defamed by a gossip item in The Sun-Herald in January 2005, which implied he was Sydney's "most disliked freelance photographer", the newspaper defended a damages claim on the grounds of truth.

During the explosive hearing in February, Kidman gave evidence she was "really, really scared" when pursued by the photographer. In damning testimony, Kidman said she had crouched down in the back seat during a drive to her parents' Sydney house when her car was being followed by Fawcett. Ordered to pay the paper's costs of about $800,000, he was also billed $700,000 for his failed defence.

Lord knows Nicole Kidman is dear to the hearts of all Sydneysiders, so when she says she's been wronged by a person, they should immediately pack their bags and get the hell out of town because the City of Sydney, led by a pitchfork wielding Clover Moore, will be out for blood.

Oh, and Nic? Mischa Barton sends her thanks.

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