"Vicariously liable"

Does this mean I am "vicariously liable" to support Angelina Jolie's love child just because I thought she was hot in her last movie?

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Exxon Mobil Corp. said yesterday it will appeal the ruling by a U.S. judge allowing villagers to sue the oil giant for reputed abuses by Indonesian troops at facilities it operated in Aceh province.

The decision last week by U.S. District Judge Louis Oberdorfer was welcomed by human rights groups, but Exxon said it could set a precedent of companies abroad being held "vicariously liable" for actions by the government of the host country.

The International Labor Rights Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, filed suit in 2001 on behalf of 11 unnamed villagers in Aceh, on the northern part of the island of Sumatra, accusing Exxon's Indonesian subsidiary of allowing its facilities to be used by soldiers to torture and rape Acehnese villagers. (Thanks to The Washington Times for the heads up.)