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Podolski mulls legal action over use of picture in illegal immigration story

Updated on: 22 August,2017 03:13 PM IST  |  London
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Former Germany forward Lukas Podolski is considering legal action after conservative website Breitbart published his picture in an article about illegal immigration

Podolski mulls legal action over use of picture in illegal immigration story


Former Germany forward Lukas Podolski is considering legal action after conservative website Breitbart published his picture in an article about illegal immigration. The online article was headlined "Spanish Police Crack Gang Moving Migrants on Jet-Skis", with a picture showing Podolski on a jet ski which had been taken at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil where the German team were relaxing.


Although Breitbart subsequently amended the article and published an apology in an editor's note at the bottom of the page, the image was nevertheless spread widely across social media.


Podolski's manager Nassim Touihri told German newspaper Bild the issue with the Breitbart article was "a mess". Touihri said: "Lukas distances himself from it and won't let himself be exploited. Our lawyer is already involved."

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