Liz Hurley testifies in Daily Mail case: my home landline was tapped – latest updates | Media
In her witness statement, Liz Hurley said she was “devastated” by the allegation that her home’s landline was tapped.
In her written statement, she said: “The Mail’s illegal actions against me include tapping my landlines and recording my live telephone conversations, installing hidden microphones in the windows of my house, the theft of my medical information while I was pregnant with Damian, and other monstrous, shocking things.”
Hurley continued: “First of all, I am devastated by the revelation that The Mail was tapping my home landline and taped my live telephone conversations.
“I had never encountered this brutal invasion of privacy in either of my two battles with other newspapers. I felt crushed. This was the ultimate invasion of privacy.”
He added: “There is a huge difference between someone intercepting a voicemail and someone listening to every single phone call in your home and hiding a recording device and plugging it into the BT cable in your home to record your live phone conversations – neither of which are tenable.
“I was fuming when I discovered The Mail had done this to me.”
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The Duke of Sussex was on the verge of tears yesterday as he said Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) continued to make Meghan’s life “an absolute misery” during the lawsuit against him.
He claims the publisher used illegal doxxing to secure stories about him and his relatives.
In a brief speech at the end of his court appearance, the Duke accused the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday publisher of “investigating every aspect of my private life, listening in on calls, exaggerating flights to find out where I was going”.
He described the legal action as a “repeated traumatic experience”, saying he never believed it should be “open season for the details of his life to be commercialized by these people”.
Harry said:
Throughout this case, the situation has gotten worse, not better. I think it’s fundamentally wrong to put us all in this situation again when all we want is an apology and some accountability.
He added, his voice trembling:
They keep coming after me. They have made my wife’s life a complete misery, my lord.
The Duchess of Sussex sued ANL in 2021 and won the case after the Mail on Sunday published parts of a personal letter she wrote to her father, Thomas Markle. The judge ruled that Meghan “had a reasonable expectation that the contents of the letter would remain confidential.” He later won a copyright claim over the letter.
Harry gave two hours of testimony as the first witness in a lawsuit he and six other prominent figures filed against ANL, accusing ANL of using private detectives, hacking information and illegally “slandering” him.
Liz Hurley became emotional in the witness box and cried when she was shown some articles about her claim, PA reported.
He said he didn’t need a break, but took a moment to compose himself and wipe his eyes and nose with a tissue.
In her witness statement, Liz Hurley said she was “devastated” by the allegation that her home’s landline was tapped.
In her written statement, she said: “The Mail’s illegal actions against me include tapping my landlines and recording my live telephone conversations, installing hidden microphones in the windows of my house, the theft of my medical information while I was pregnant with Damian, and other monstrous, shocking things.”
Hurley continued: “First of all, I am devastated by the revelation that The Mail was tapping my home landline and taped my live telephone conversations.
“I had never encountered this brutal invasion of privacy in either of my two battles with other newspapers. I felt crushed. This was the ultimate invasion of privacy.”
He added: “There is a huge difference between someone intercepting a voicemail and someone listening to every single phone call in your home and hiding a recording device and plugging it into the BT cable in your home to record your live phone conversations – neither of which are tenable.
“I was fuming when I discovered The Mail had done this to me.”
Asked by Antony White KC, representing Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), why he did not complain about the 15 articles he claimed were published between 2002 and 2011, Hurley said his recollection was that “the complaints were defamatory”.
He added: “They (the articles) were essentially true. I believe that’s because people listened to me speak.”
“I know this is not my place to debate and give my opinion.”
Hurley said: “There were so many hurtful and damaging articles about me in the media. It just became a matter of unpleasantness.”
Hurley also told the court that he sometimes got worried when he said something too loudly, but “there were microphones on the windowsill in my dining room… I was resting.”
“Yes, there were leaks, but they weren’t from my friends,” Hurley said.
Liz Hurley took the witness stand to give evidence in her lawsuit against the Daily Mail publisher.
Hurley exchanged vows in an emerald green knit dress, black suede boots and a cream bag, PA reported.
He is accompanied in court by his son Damian Hurley and is expected to testify for a day.
The Duke of Sussex returned to a London court for the fourth day of his trial against the Daily Mail publisher, PA reports.
Harry appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice for the fourth consecutive day at around 10.05am on Thursday, after giving evidence for nearly two hours in his case against Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) at the High Court on Wednesday.
Liz Hurley arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice
Liz Hurley appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice on the fourth day of her case against the Daily Mail publisher.
Hurley is expected to give evidence on Thursday and arrived at the central London court at around 9.45am with his son Damian Hurley.
Actor Liz Hurley is expected to testify in court today
Actor Liz Hurley is expected to give evidence at the Royal Courts of Justice this morning as part of the ongoing Prince Harry v Daily Mail case.
He will be supported by the Duke of Sussex himself, who will return to the Supreme Court on Thursday to support his fellow claimants in their legal case.
Harry testified for nearly two hours in London on Wednesday, during which he said Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL), which also publishes the Mail on Sunday, had made his wife Meghan’s life “absolute misery”.
A spokesman for the duke said he would attend court again on Wednesday evening “to support and show solidarity with the other claimants”.
The Duke, Elton John and his husband David Furnish, campaigner Baroness Doreen Lawrence, politician Simon Hughes and actresses Sadie Frost and Hurley are taking legal action against ANL over allegations of illegal information collection.
The alleged illegal collection of information in the duke’s case relates to 14 articles dated between 2001 and 2013. ANL has vehemently denied any wrongdoing.
We will bring you the latest news from the Supreme Court throughout the day. Stay tuned.
