Paltrow and Law Have Phones Tapped By Tabloid
Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Elle Macpherson are among a number of celebrities whose cell phones were allegedly tapped into by the News of the World, a British tabloid.
It is claimed some journalists from the newspaper accessed voicemail messages of the rich and famous and listened in in the hope of picking up juicy gossip.
The tabloid’s Royal Editor Clive Goodman was jailed for four months in January 2007 for intercepting voicemail messages left on Prince William’s phone.
It is claimed that since the probe, News Group Newspapers – which owns the News of the World – has paid out $1.5 million to celebrities in out-of-court settlements in a bid to hush-up the full scale of the phone-tapping scandal. News of the World is owned by Rupert Murdoch who also owns the NY Post.
In some instances the celebrities have not been notified that their phones had been compromised. It’s ridiculous the lengths the tabloids will go to get “the story”.
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