Sean Bean among 15 public figures to settle hacking claims against News of the World publisher
A number of celebrities and high-profile figures have settled phone hacking claims against the publisher of the News Of The World, the High Court has heard.
Statements were read before Mr Justice Fancourt on behalf of 15 celebrities and other figures, including actor Sean Bean (pictured), Texas lead singer Sharleen Spiteri and ex-cricketer and commentator Shane Warne.
News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of the now-defunct newspaper, has agreed to pay “substantial damages” to each of the claimants and also pay their legal costs.
In a statement read on behalf of Sean Bean, who has appeared in a number of films and television series including Lord Of The Rings and Game Of Thrones, his solicitor Elizabeth McClenan said he issued proceedings in May 2020 after receiving information from the Metropolitan Police.
She said he identified a number of articles containing his “private and confidential information” published between 1996 and 2011, as a result of which he “became suspicious” as to who was the source.
She told the court: “The claimant has accepted the defendant’s offer to resolve this claim on terms confidential between the parties, but which involve the defendant agreeing to pay substantial damages to the claimant as well as his reasonable legal costs of bringing the claim.”
https://pressgazette.co.uk/sean-bean-sharleen-spiteri-news-of-the-world-publisher-hacking-claims/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitterSean Bean, Sharleen Spiteri and Shane Warne are among latest batch of celebrities to settle phone hacking cases against the News Of The World
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