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Court orders journalist to pay $46,000 for affair he alleged Claudio Santana / AFP - Getty Images Chilean television entertainer Cecilia Bolocco, Miss Universe 1987 and ex-wife of former Argentine president Carlos Menem, has repeatedly denied the affair that is the subject of the lawsuit. SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the slander conviction of a journalist who alleged that a former Miss Universe was having an affair with novelist Paulo Coelho while engaged to Argentina's president. The court ordered Chilean journalist Victor Gutierrez to pay $46,000 to Cecilia Bolocco for the allegations, which he made during a 2001 television appearance. Bolocco has repeatedly denied the allegation that she had an affair with the Brazilian author while engaged to Argentine President Carlos Menem. Menem and... [read full story]
