Stars file complaint against tabloid for illegal eavesdropping

• It's not the first time that UK tabloids have been accused of eavesdropping

• Prince Harry has regularly denounced the practices of the tabloids against him

• This complaint could further destabilize the government of Liz Truss

They are six to have lodged a complaint against the press group which publishes the

.

Elton John, his husband David Furnish, along with Prince Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence, and actresses Sadie Frost and Liz Hurley, have all decided to take legal action against Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) for "serious breaches of private life ".

In question, according to the plaintiffs' lawyers: the tabloid would have placed hidden microphones in their homes, or in their cars, which recorded everything they said.

According to the law firm Hamlins, which represents the Duke of Sussex, the

would not have stopped there since in addition to having hired private detectives to install the wiretaps.

The tabloid also allegedly "paid police officials with corrupt ties to private investigators to obtain inside and sensitive information", "impersonated people to trick medical information from hospitals, clinics and private treatment centers”, and also “accessed the bank accounts and the financial history” of the stars, can we read in a press release relayed by the BBC.

Disclaimer

Of course ANL, which also publishes the

and the

, totally denies the accusations.

“We totally and unequivocally refute these farcical defamations which appear to be nothing more than a planned and orchestrated attempt to embroil the

's headlines in the phone-hacking scandal over 30-year-old articles.

These unsubstantiated and highly defamatory allegations - which are not based on any credible evidence - appear to be nothing more than a fishing expedition by the plaintiffs and their lawyers, some of whom have already filed lawsuits elsewhere," the group's lawyers said. hurry.

It is already against the Associated Newspapers that Meghan Markle had filed a complaint last year.

A lawsuit won by Prince Harry's wife in December, when justice decided that the scandalous daily did not have the right to publish a private letter between the Duchess and her father, Thomas Markle.

Towards a political scandal?

In their statement, ANL lawyers also refer to the wiretapping scandal of another tabloid, the

.

The newspaper had to go out of business in 2011, after a Scotland Yard investigation into facts dating from 2002. The daily had interfered in the police investigation into the disappearance of a schoolgirl by intercepting and erasing messages on the missing 13-year-old's phone leading her family and police to believe she was still alive.

This scandal exposed the illegal practices of newspapers owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch to obtain information for their articles.

Several celebrities, including Jude Law, had been victims.

This new complaint against the editors of the

could also have political consequences in the United Kingdom.

Former tabloid editor and current editorial manager of DMG Media (which includes the

,

,

and

), Paul Dacre, is set to enter the House of Lords, according to many British media.

Both the journalist and Rupert Murdoch have been strong supporters of Brexit and Boris Johnson.

The list of personalities to join the House of Lords will be submitted by the current Prime Minister Liz Truss to King Charles III.

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