Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard is taking authorized motion towards two Norwegian publications simply days after his marriage ceremony was disrupted by a photographer being dragged away by safety.
The 26-year-old is taking motion towards weekly journal Se og Hor and each day newspaper Dagbladet over alleged violations of privateness following stories about his dwelling within the UK.
In a letter despatched to Se og Hør’s editor Niklas Kokkin-Thoresen, Odegaard’s lawyer Tim Lowles mentioned: ‘The article describes the placement of our shopper’s just lately bought household dwelling and contains images of it.’
Kokkin-Thoresen mentioned he took the allegations with ‘stoic calm’ and that the articles is not going to be eliminated.
Final week, the Gunners star’s idyllic weekend marriage ceremony with Helen Spilling was interrupted by commotion, with a photographer dragged out by a number of safety guards.
The photojournalist was hauled away in direction of the tip of the ceremony as visitors had been leaving and his journal have since threatened police motion.
Arsenal star Odegaard’s marriage ceremony day was disrupted by the forcible take away of a photographer
Se og Hor photographer Andreas Fadum was dragged away by safety guards on Saturday
Odegaard’s idyllic weekend marriage ceremony with Helen Spilling was interrupted by commotion
Odegaard and Spilling had been formally married in November and in December that they had a child boy, however they marked it with a grand ceremony in Oslo on Saturday.
Fellow Arsenal stars Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, and Leandro Trossard had been there with their family members – the previous accompanied by his girlfriend Tolami Benson, the latter by his spouse Laura Hilven.
However there was bother when photographer Andreas Fadum, working for Se og Hor, was forcibly faraway from his spot outdoors Gjerdrum Church – whereas visitors watched on in shock.
Se og Hor instructed Nettavisen in an announcement: ‘We react very strongly to the truth that the safety guards have used bodily power towards our photographer within the area.
‘He was in a public place to cowl a public occasion. They’d no proper to dam off the car parking zone or the world across the church.
‘The matter will due to this fact be reported to the police, we can not permit power for use towards journalists and photographers on project.’
Fadum is an skilled photographer who was concerned in masking the 2011 Norway terrorist assaults.
It’s unclear what led to his removing from the location. Different photographers had been current, together with one from the Related Press.
Midfielder Martin Odegaard celebrated his marriage to dancer spouse Helene Spilling in Oslo
Bukayo Saka and girlfriend Tolami Benson had been amongst quite a lot of stars current in Oslo
Odegaard’s spouse Helen Spilling received the 2021 version of Norway’s dance present, ‘Skal vi danse’
The Norwegian Editors’ Affiliation added: ‘It is rather critical {that a} photojournalist is handled on this means in a public place.
‘We react strongly to safety personnel behaving as if they’ve police authority. We imagine the matter must be reported, and can assist Se og Hor on this.’
Norwegian newspaper Nettavisen contacted one of many safety guards however didn’t obtain a response.
The couple had been had been nonetheless in a position to have their big day within the firm of family and friends.
Spilling received the 2021 version of Norway’s dance present, ‘Skal vi danse’, much like the UK’s Strictly Come Dancing.
She additionally has 17 gold medals within the Norwegian nationwide championship for ballroom dancing.
Since going public with their relationship in June 2023, they’ve made an array of cosy appearances collectively and had been seen linking arms whereas out and about in summer time final yr.
Spilling boasts a powerful Instagram following of 180,000 and is the founding father of a dance studio in addition to a trend model.
The pair welcomed their first baby in December and went public with their relationship in 2023
Helen Spilling has based a dance studio and a trend model in her homeland of Norway
She has been seen at quite a lot of Arsenal video games in assist of her lover because the pair met
The duo took to social media to announce the arrival of the child boy firstly of December
She is a eager follower of Odegaard’s soccer profession, showing within the stands on the Emirates and for his worldwide video games.
In April, she was seen dancing to Shakira’s ‘Waka Waka’ – which has change into the anthem for Kai Havertz – after a 5-0 win over Chelsea throughout which Odegaard bagged two assists.
Spilling’s spirits had been clearly at a excessive as she danced away within the stands, whereas Odegaard applauded the house followers after the victory.
They had been first seen in public as a pair on the London Soccer Awards in March 2023 and he often crops up in her social media feed.
In August, the lovebirds posted a black-and-white photograph by the ocean as they cradled her child bump, writing: ‘1+1 = 3. Cannot wait to fulfill you, our little child.’ In December, that they had their child boy.
