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Piers Morgan has been accused of phone hacking before, but he has always denied and decried all these accusations.

But now, The Daily Mirror is being sued in British court for hacking while Piers was the editor.

Multiple plaintiffs have come together with a single case this time. The alleged victims include the coach of England's soccer team, David Beckham's former nanny, and star footballer Garry Flitcroft.

Legal team leader Mark Lewis thinks the evidence will be enough to make the accusations stick this time. He says:

Tags: david beckham, england, football, lawsuit, phone hacking scandal, piers morgan, soccer, sued

He's mad as hell and he's not going to take this anymore!

Today, just hours before the high court's deadline, Hugh Grant filed claim against News Corp for allegedly hacking his phone.

The Rupert Murdoch owned media conglomerate already settled up with a slew of other celebrities, including Sienna Miller and Steve Coogan, who claimed News of the World investigators hacked their phones and stole sensitive and confidential information.

Hugh is already a very vocal privacy advocate and was recently named director of Hacked Off, a non-profit company campaigning for press reform.

And even if takes nine months to settle, the British acting legend VOWED

Tags: hacked off, hugh grant, legal matters, news of the world, nine months, phone hacking, phone hacking scandal, rupert murdoch, sienna miller, steve coogan, two weeks notice

This is incredibly, incredibly sad.

How many more lives is this mess going to ruin?

As everyone knows, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp media empire has been absolutely devastated since the phone-hacking scandal prompted more investigations into the immoral - and sometimes illegal - practices in which many staffers partook, which has led to News of the World being scrapped and the arrests of eleven current and former employees of The Sun on suspicion of bribery, and now, it appears that it has taken its toll mentally on at least two senior journalists, who have reportedly attempted suicide.

Tags: arrests, empire, hospitalization, investigation, journalists, news corp, news of the world, phone hacking scandal, rupert murdoch, suicide attempt, the sun

Wowsa! Rupert Murdoch's name is truly becoming synonymous with scandal!

Last year, we heard ALL ABOUT a large scale phone-hacking scandal, which resulted in a bunch of arrests of former employees of Murdoch's News of the World publication!

Earlier this week, Murdoch and his British newspaper company sent out 35 settlement checks, including a check for $200K to Jude Law, who had been kept under tight surveillance for quite some time.

Now, we've learned that

Tags: arrested, bribery, jude law, news corp, news corporation, news of the world, phone hacking scandal, rupert murdoch, the sun

Looks like he's not just after News of the World anymore!

To recap, back in July, Hugh Grant opened up about his decision to expose the News of the World (NOTW) phone hacking scandal to the world.

Then, last week we heard AWFUL reports that the mother of Hugh's child had been harassed AND threatened after he spoke to the press.

Today, Hugh appeared in court to testify on the phone hacking scandal case…but he also slammed other tabloids for their invasions of privacy:

Tags: british tabloids, court, hugh grant, london, news of the world, notw, phone hacking scandal, tabloids, testimony, toxic

You're doing the right thing, Hugh! We continue to support this!

To recap, back in July, Hugh Grant opened up about his decision to expose the News of the World (NOTW) phone hacking scandal to the world.

Then, earlier today, we heard AWFUL

Tags: harry potter, hugh grant, invasion of privacy, jk rowling, news of the world, notw, phone hacking scandal

We're sorry to hear this, Hugh, but we still think U did the right thing!

Back in July, Hugh Grant opened up about exposing the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

Now, we're hearing that Hugh's baby mama has been harassed AND has received threats after he spoke to the press!

Here's what barrister David Sherborne QC, who is representing many phone-hacking victims, had to say about it:

Tags: baby mama, david sherborne, hugh grant, news of the world, notw, phone hacking scandal, threats