Prince Harry Awarded $180,000 In Damages After Court Rules He Was Vicim Of Phone Hacking By Mirror Group Newspapers
15.12.2023 - 10:59
/ deadline.com
Prince Harry has been awarded £140,000 ($180,000) in damages in damages after a court ruled he was the victim of phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers.
The Duke of Sussex alleged that he was the victim of more than 140 instances of illegal news gathering and the trial tested the evidence regarding 33 of those stories. In the past few minutes, a judge has said that 15 of these 33 sample articles were “the product of phone hacking … or the product of other unlawful information gathering.”
Harry has been paid more than half of the £320,000 he was seeking. The Duke has been joined in his legal action by former Coronation Street actress Nikki Sanderson, comedian Paul Whitehouse’s ex-wife Fiona Wightman and actor Michael Turner, also known as Michael Le Vell.
The news comes just a few days after Harry was forced to pay £50,000 ($62,000) legal costs to The Mail on Sunday’s publisher after trying to have part of the UK tabloid paper’s libel defense thrown out.
The LA-based Prince is involved with several legal actions at present. In another against Associated Newspapers, the Prince and a group including Elton John are suing over allegations of unlawful information gathering, which a judge recently ruled can go to trial.
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