News of the World Preps for Scandal

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Updated Apr. 24, 2017 4:37PM EDT / Published Feb. 02, 2011 2:01AM EST

How extensive was phone hacking at News of the World? We’ll soon find out, as the lawsuit against the British tabloid will soon be made public. The paper originally blamed a single “rogue reporter,” but recently dismissed an editor after court papers linked him to phone hacking; his former boss at News of the World Andy Coulson then resigned as British Prime Minister David Cameron’s communications director, with some speculating it was related to the scandal. Celebrities suing the tabloid include Sienna Miller, Steve Coogan, and the host of Britain’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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