{"id":159214,"date":"2025-01-24T22:12:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T22:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1828064"},"modified":"2025-01-24T22:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T22:12:24","slug":"hugh-grant-says-a-criminal-investigation-is-needed-following-prince-harrys-rupert-murdoch-settlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/hugh-grant-says-a-criminal-investigation-is-needed-following-prince-harrys-rupert-murdoch-settlement\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Grant says a criminal investigation is needed following Prince Harry\u2019s Rupert Murdoch settlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E5912B22-C75A-416B-8A6C-305C8B03997C.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/tag\/hugh-grant\/\">Hugh Grant<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s crusade against the overreaching nature of Rupert Murdoch\u2019s media empire has been ongoing in some way or form since at least the mid-1990s, when Grant first filed a defamation lawsuit over claims he was verbally abusive on set and subsequently won. And now, in the wake of Prince Harry\u2019s landmark win against Murdoch\u2019s News Group Newspapers, Grant is calling on the government to start reopening the Leveson Inquiry and consider criminal investigations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/celebrities\/the-truth-has-now-been-exposed-prince-harry-celebrates-end-of-extensive-conspiracy-to-hide-wrongdoing-after-landmark-legal-win\/\">Prince Harry has managed to squeeze NGN into a corner<\/a> where they had to issue a full apology and even acknowledge heinous instances of boundary-crossing acts like phone hacking. According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/22\/nx-s1-5269980\/trial-prince-harry-rupert-murdoch-tabloids\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NPR<\/a><\/em>, this admission is contradictory to what the company has claimed before, when former NGN executive Rebekah Brooks testified before Parliament that their newsroom is \u201ca very clean ship.\u201d Hugh Grant\u2019s latest settlement with NGN came just last April, when he took a settlement that, according to him, he didn\u2019t want to take but was forced to do so due to the exorbitant lawyer fees the case had amassed over the many years for phone tapping.<\/p>\n<p>All these scandals led to the formation of the Leveson Inquiry, whereby a huge report was released with tons of recommendations, such as the formation of a new watchdog to oversee the press with the power to hand out fines and training journalists on ethics. However, some of these recommendations were never truly implemented, and this latest admission by NGN lawyers has prompted victims of press abuse, such as Grant, to come forward again and demand Leveson 2 to be implemented during a call to the <em>BBC<\/em>. Unfortunately for Grant, the Culture Secretary was quick to rule out Leveson 2, citing that news nowadays is consumed online and that that route is no longer \u201cfit for purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI have some sympathy, when I\u2019m in a generous mood, for politicians terrified of the Murdochs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actor Hugh Grant, who settled a privacy case against NGN last year, reacts to the Culture Secretary&#39;s comments that the government will rule out a reopening of the Leveson Inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCr4today\/status\/1882722022234460292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >January 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Grant, however, didn\u2019t respond with much anger. He acknowledged that politicians\u2019 relationships with the press are inherently complex and admitted he has \u201csome sympathy\u201d for them, given NGN\u2019s power in the UK. Still, he called on the Prime Minister to protect the public from \u201cthe abuses and criminality of big corporations.\u201d This is a far cry from his earlier self \u2014 during his own legal battle with NGN, Grant famously labeled then-Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron either \u201can idiot or a liar\u201d for claiming ignorance about the phone taps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/celebrities\/what-a-hypocrite-says-high-king-of-hypocrites-piers-morgan-as-he-demands-prince-harry-apologize-to-royal-family\/\">Ever-nosey Piers Morgan<\/a> saw an opportunity and tried to test Grant, accusing him of hypocrisy for allegedly making millions of pounds working on Murdoch-owned films. Grant swiftly corrected him, pointing out that the last time he worked for a Murdoch-owned entertainment company was in 1994, long before he was aware of their unethical practices. It\u2019s worth noting that Morgan has been a longtime ally of NGN, from the phone-hacking scandals of the mid-1990s to his current <em>Piers Morgan Uncensored<\/em> YouTube show \u2014 so he certainly has a vested interest in the matter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bullshit.  The last time I worked for a Murdoch owned company was in 1994.  Which was long before I knew anything about his papers\u2019 methods.  Since then I have turned down every single job offer emanating from a Murdoch owned company. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LdF747rxmE\" >https:\/\/t.co\/LdF747rxmE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hugh Grant (@HackedOffHugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HackedOffHugh\/status\/1882728178202144897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >January 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/hugh-grant-prince-harry-rupert-murdoch-the-sun-ngn-1236117053\/\" >The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em>, Grant also stated, &#8220;They\u2019ve spent \u00a31 billion to make sure these things are never looked at in court \u2026 and you don\u2019t get proper judicial findings. I think what they\u2019re terrified of is that those findings would trigger a new criminal inquiry.&#8221; Until then, Grant declared, the job is &#8220;not done by any means.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hugh Grant will probably be making his next public appearance at the BAFTAs, where he\u2019s nominated for Best Leading Actor for his wonderful performance in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/movies\/review-heretic-is-so-close-to-being-a-horror-classic-but-its-guilty-of-one-heinous-sin\/\">Heretic<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0It remains to be seen whether he uses the spotlight that night to shed light on this issue that he clearly cares deeply about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/E5912B22-C75A-416B-8A6C-305C8B03997C.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<p>Hugh Grant is not satisfied with 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