Judge tells Prince Harry to explain how communications with ghostwriter were destroyed

(27 Jun 2024)
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STORYLINE:
Prince Harry was hit with a hefty legal bill Thursday and ordered to explain how communications with the ghostwriter of his memoir were destroyed after an attorney for The Sun tabloid accused him of engaging in “shocking” obfuscation in his lawsuit claiming the newspaper violated his privacy by unlawfully snooping on him.
Judge Timothy Fancourt said it was troubling that all communications between the Duke of Sussex and writer J.R. Moehringer, along with all drafts of the best-selling “Spare," were destroyed.
Attorney Anthony Hudson said at the High Court that Harry had created an “obstacle course” to providing documents that should be disclosed in litigation and that “we’ve had to drag those out of the claimant kicking and screaming.”
News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, was awarded 132,000 pounds ($167,000) in legal costs for largely prevailing in a request to have more searches undertaken for data on Harry's laptop and any text messages and chats on WhatsApp and Signal that could be helpful to the defense.
Harry’s lawyer said News Group was engaging in a “classic fishing expedition” for documents it should have sought sooner for a trial scheduled in January.
“NGN’s tactical and sluggish approach to disclosure wholly undermines the deliberately sensational assertion that the claimant (Harry) has not properly carried out the disclosure exercise,” attorney David Sherborne said in court papers. “This is untrue. In fact, the claimant has already made clear that he has conducted extensive searches, going above and beyond his obligations.”
The hearing is the latest in Harry’s battles against Britain’s biggest tabloids over allegations they hacked his phone and hired private investigators who used unlawful measures to dig up dirt on him.
The litigation grew out of a phone hacking scandal that erupted in 2011 at NGN’s News of the World, which closed its doors as a result.
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[@sciencewins8798]

He is becoming a shady criminal. What a downfall!

[@cslurper]

Yes, Just Harry, please explain!!

[@EduardoSerrano-gm7ew]

Wow! The Presenter of the Trophy 🏆 and some players Just Laughed and gave the Harry wife de Trophy cause she took it! before it was presented.,, “ so ok “ just take it Jejejeje “ usually the Patron or the President of the Club gives the Trophy, not a wife .. and models and girls don’t stand in the Middle of the Team for the picture cause she didn’t play ! They models and hostesses and family go in the side lines .., this is embarrassing for the Players and for those of us who play polo .,, Harry and Megan ruin the Polo Fields with, no Humility., no Respect to other players and the game which is expensive but very humble nonetheless.,, Low Goal Polo

[@Joia7790]

Oh no Hazbeen!!! Bozo won’t look good in orange.

[@celinaprieto-zo2mh]

Shame shame 4 months after your dear grandma passed shame on both of you.

[@lanalou77]

From a prince to a joke