Saturday 16 July 2011

Hollywood actor Jude Law was on Saturday reported to be suing The Sun newspaper

Hollywood actor Jude Law was on Saturday reported to be suing The Sun newspaper for allegedly hacking into his voice mails for stories about his private life.

The tabloid is published by Rupert Murdoch's media group News International which is already at the centre of a storm over phone hacking allegations relating to the News of the World.

The News International rejected Mr. Law's claim describing it as “a deeply cynical and deliberately mischievous attempt” to drag The Sun into the hacking scandal that forced the closure of NoW last week.

CYNICISM

In a statement, the company said: “The allegations have been carefully investigated by our lawyers and the evidence shows they have no foundation whatsoever.'' Mr. Law's legal team dismissed the accusations of cynicism and mischief by News International as “ridiculous''. “Their record speaks for itself,'' said his lawyer. Rebekah Brooks, who resigned as chief executive of News International on Friday, was Editor of The Sun at the time Mr. Law claims his phone was hacked. It was also under her watch that alleged malpractices at NoW took place.

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