Jude Law sues The Sun over alleged bugging
London: Jude Law is suing The Sunover alleged interception of his voice mails for stories about his private life, dragging another tabloid of Rupert Murdoch’s shaking media empire into the phone hacking scandal that has rocked Britain.
Law’s action pertains to the time when Rebekah Brooks was the editor and is believed to be the first such legal action against Murdoch’s best-selling daily title.
The group’s largest selling tabloid News of the World was closed down last week after the scandal engulfed it amid revelations that the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler was hacked, among others.
The News International (NI), the British unit of Murdoch’s News Corp, confirmed Law’s lawsuit, but firmly denied the claim, the Independent newspaper said.
The suit was filed at the High Court in London last month against The Sun, which was hitherto untainted by the scandal. It is believed to be regarding four articles published by The Sun in 2005 and 2006 allegedly based on material obtained from the Sherlock Homes‘ actor’s phone.
Law’s former fiancee Sienna Miller last month won 100,000 pounds in damages and “sincere apologies” from the News Of The World for the repeated hacking of her phone.
The Sun last night described the 38-year-old Law’s claim as a “deeply cynical and deliberately mischievous” attempt to draw the newspaper into the furore.
Interestingly, Rebakah Brooks who stepped down as News International CEO yesterday and who was editor of the NOTW when alleged malpractices happened, was also the editor of The Sun at the time Law claims his privacy was breached.
If proven, the lawsuit would be particularly embarrassing to Brooks, according to the Independent.
By on 21/07/2011