Hugh Grant Says He Has Settled The Sun Lawsuit Out of Court: ‘I Refuse to Let This Be Hush Money’
Hugh Grant says he settled his lawsuit with The Sun outside of court well before its January 2025 trial date.
The actor previously accused the newspaper of phone hacking, unlawful information gathering, landline tapping, burglary of his flat and office, bugging his car, illegally obtaining medical records, lies, perjury and destruction of evidence.
“As is common with entirely innocent people, they are offering me an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court,” Grant wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. “But the rules around civil litigation mean that if I proceed to trial and the court awards me damages that are even a penny less than the settlement offer, I would have to pay the legal costs of both sides.”
Because Rupert Murdoch’s lawyers would be expensive regardless of the court result, Grant said he is “shying at that fence” of potential liability for 10 million pounds in costs.
“Murdoch’s settlement money has a stink and I refuse to let this be hush money,” the actor continued. “I have spent the best part of 12 years fighting for a free press that does not distort the truth, abuse ordinary members of the public or hold elected MPs to ransom in pursuit of newspaper barons’ personal profit and political power.”
He plans to repurpose the money to groups like his organization Hacked Off, which was established in 2011 as a “campaign for a free and accountable press for the public and other methods for the general campaign to expose the worst excesses of our oligarch-owned press.”
At the end of the thread, Grant shouted out his legal team Anjlee Sangani, David Sherborne, Evan Harris and Dan Waddell, as well as alleged whistle-blowers Dan Evans, Emma Jones, Steve Whittamore, Danno Hanks and Glenn Mulcaire.
“I particularly want to acknowledge the work and sacrifices of Graham Johnson in the face of unfair attacks from those on the other side who are seeking to stop the truth coming out,” he concluded.
TheWrap has reached out to Grant and NGN for comment, but has not heard back.
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