Animal rights activists at PETA are threatening to sue the publishers of a British tabloid newspaper over an article suggesting they were planning to douse Victoria Beckham in lizard blood.
The Mirror reported the group members had targeted the former Spice Girls star for the gory stunt as a protest against her new handbag line, which features items made from the skin of exotic animals.
The article, printed earlier this week (beg18Oct10), suggested Beckham’s aides were being forced to “bolster security” during an upcoming promotional to the U.K. ahead of the launch of her new accessories collection.
It went on to state, “Furious that Victoria’s bags – made from crocodile, lizard and calf leather – are being billed as next season’s ultimate accessory, tetchy campaigners Peta are planning a spectacular coup d’etat.”
The newspaper even quoted a Peta source, stating, “One of the ideas being mooted is that Victoria gets covered in a bucket of animal blood – cow or lizard – at her next U.K. public appearance.”
The piece has left the organisation’s leaders appalled and angry – because they have no such plans.
A Peta spokeswoman tells Wenn, “Peta and Peta’s U.K. affiliate have retained legal counsel in the U.K. to vigorously pursue The Mirror for deliberately distributing a totally fabricated report about Peta’s plans regarding Victoria Beckham’s collection.
“We appreciate Ms. Beckham’s rejection of fur and had approached her – 100 per cent respectfully – over the suffering of lizards and other reptiles who are often skinned alive for fashion. We appealed to her to a video. That’s all.”
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