Prince Harry, Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley, and more are suing Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers for 'misuse of private information.”
publisher Associated Newspapers approached the four-day hearing stage this week, with the royal making an unexpected appearance at the U.K. High Court on Monday morning.
The lawsuit, filed in October 2022, alleges that the tabloid publisher organized “breaking and entry into private property” to the extent of bugging homes, cars, and phone devices through the use of private investigators. Associated Newspapers is also being sued byFormer politician Simon Hughes and campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon were not present.
“They were the victim of numerous unlawful acts carried out by the defendant, or by those acting on the instructions of its newspapers, The Daily Mail and The Mail On Sunday,” attorney David Sherborne stated in a court document obtained byThe collection of suits cites “misuse of private information,” rendering them “victims of abhorrent criminal activity and gross breaches of privacy by Associated Newspapers,” according to a press release obtained by Variety last year.
The four-day hearing will address a request from Associated Newspapers to have the case tossed out on the grounds that the limitation period to begin court proceedings has expired. The publisher has also established a backup plan if needed, planning to request that elements of the group’s claims be dismissed as violations of the Leveson Inquiry, which aimed to public inquiry about the culture, practices, and ethics of the British press following.
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