SYDNEY - Oscar-winning Australian actress Nicole Kidman screamed and feared for her life during an incident involving a Sydney paparazzo, a judge has been told.
Giving evidence in the New South Wales Supreme Court today, John Manning said he was driving Kidman to her parents' Sydney home onJanuary 23, 2005.
He said their car was followed by a jeep driven by photographer Jamie Fawcett.
Mr Manning said he had to swerve his car at one stage when Mr Fawcett's car drove over a median strip.
He said Ms Kidman was "screaming" and saying things like: "This has to stop. Call the police".
"She was fearing for her life and she said someone is going to get killed," he told the court.
He was giving evidence at a defamation hearing Mr Fawcett brought over an article published in Sydney's Sun Herald newspaper in January 2005.
A jury has already found the article defamed Mr Fawcett, and Justice Carolyn Simpson is now considering any defences brought forward by the paper's publishers John Fairfax.
Manning was called to give evidence by Fairfax.
Justice Simpson was told Ms Kidman may be available to give evidence next Monday.
