Hugh Grant Settles Lawsuit Against 'The Sun' for Privacy Invasion

Hugh Grant has definitively closed the lawsuit against the British tabloid 'The Sun'. The actor had accused the newspaper of repeated intrusions and illegal interceptions in violation of privacy. The complaint was specifically against the corporate and editorial leaders of News Group Newspapers (Ngn), the publishing company that handles The Sun owned by the Murdoch family. Hugh Grant, in selling his house in London: a 300 square meter penthouse (and at a prohibitive cost). In his complaint against News Group Newspapers, Hugh Grant referred to the enlistment of private investigators called to spy on others' private lives on behalf of journalists through phone tapping or even bugs placed in the house. Accusations that Ngn's defense initially rejected, dismissing such practices at most as a relic of past times (recalling a previous scandal that erupted 13 years ago in a sensational trial in the United Kingdom and in the authoritative closure of News of the World, another publication of the Murdoch group). To avoid a public trial, the tabloid had offered the British actor a large sum of money (initially refused by the actor himself), only to reconsider after learning that the expenses to be incurred for this case could cost him about 10 million euros. In a post on X Hugh Grant wrote: 'As often happens to completely innocent people, they are offering me a huge sum of money to keep the matter out of court'. Grant then harshly criticized Murdoch: 'Murdoch's money disgusts me and I refuse to let this money buy my silence. I have spent much of the last 12 years fighting for a free press that does not distort the truth, that does not abuse people, and that does not hold parliamentarians hostage to allow communication barons to chase personal profits and political advantages. This money will be reused through groups like Hacked Off in the general campaign to denounce the worst excesses of our press owned by oligarchs'. Other celebrities are suing with similar accusations against both The Sun and other prominent tabloids such as the Daily Mail or the Daily Mirror. Firstly, Prince Harry, the second son of King Charles III and the late Lady Diana, who has achieved some partial victories in court (like his wife Meghan), but has recently insisted on going all the way in the still open legal crusades.