LOS ANGELES, California (x17online) -Josh Hartnett has been awarded ,000 in libel damages from a British newspaper that claimed he engaged in “steamy shenanigans” in a public area of a London hotel, according to the Associated Press.

The UK’s Daily Mirror claimed in a September article that Hartnett and an unknown woman had a sexual encounter in the library of the Soho Hotel that was caught by the hotel’s security cameras.

The paper acknowledged the story was false and apologized for any “distress, hurt and embarrassment” it had caused.

Hartnett’s attorney says the actor plans to donate the damages money to charity.