--- description: The actor is said to be upset over a video the Daily Mail posted, which purports to show her addicted to heroin during the 1990s title: Now Angelina Jolie is upset with the Daily Mail image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt050d5578272b254a/69869b6435ba6f5a8ac02faf/451130586.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrity](/tag/celebrity/) ## celebrity Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Report: Angelina Jolie Taking 'Legal Action' Against _Daily Mail_ Over Video by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2014 2:24 PM CUT  Angelina Jolie attends "Maleficent" press conference for Japan premiere at Grand Hyatt Tokyo on June 24, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Angelina Jolie attends "Maleficent" press conference for Japan premiere at Grand Hyatt Tokyo on June 24, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan.Jun Sato--WireImage by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 11, 2014 2:24 PM CUT This hasn’t been the best week for the [_Daily Mail_](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/celebrity/article4144460.ece "undefined") and its celebrity relationships. Just days after actor George Clooney published a [scathing op-ed in ](http://time.com/2969159/george-clooney-daily-mail-usa-today-op-ed/ "undefined")[_USA Today_](http://time.com/2969159/george-clooney-daily-mail-usa-today-op-ed/ "undefined"), railing against the _Daily Mail_‘s “irresponsibility” in publishing a story about his fiancée’s family opposing their relationship on religious grounds, a new celebrity has taken aim at the British publication. Angelina Jolie is taking legal action against the _Daily Mail_, reports the [London ](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/celebrity/article4144460.ece "undefined")[_Times_](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/celebrity/article4144460.ece "undefined")_,_ over a video published online, which the newspaper claims shows the actress when she was a heroin user in the late 1990s. The 16-minute video, which was originally published by the _National Enquirer_, shows the actress walking around an apartment and talking on the phone. The clip was allegedly shot by Franklin Meyer, who claims to have been the Oscar winner’s drug dealer when she was living in New York, according to the _Mail’_s article, which was published on July 8. Jolie has dicussed her past drug use in interviews before, but the _Times_ reports that she views the _Daily Mail_‘s publication of the video as a “gross violation of her privacy.” \[[_London Times_](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/celebrity/article4144460.ece "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2975796/angelina-jolie-sue-daily-mail-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2975796/angelina-jolie-sue-daily-mail-video/"},"headline":"Report: Angelina Jolie Taking 'Legal Action' Against Daily Mail Over Video","datePublished":"2014-07-11T14:24:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:05:39.023Z","description":"The actor is said to be upset over a video the Daily Mail posted, which purports to show her addicted to heroin during the 1990s","url":"https://time.com/2975796/angelina-jolie-sue-daily-mail-video/","keywords":["celebrity","controversy","video","Angelina Jolie"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt050d5578272b254a/69869b6435ba6f5a8ac02faf/451130586.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt050d5578272b254a/69869b6435ba6f5a8ac02faf/451130586.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Maleficent Press Conference Photocall","caption":"Maleficent Press Conference Photocall","creditText":"Jun Sato--WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrity/","name":"celebrity"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2975796/angelina-jolie-sue-daily-mail-video/","name":"Report: Angelina Jolie Taking 'Legal Action' Against Daily Mail Over Video"}}]}] ```