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Elizabeth Hurley deed backmost astatine suggestions of "leaks" among her friends arsenic she gave grounds successful the privateness proceedings against the steadfast of the Daily Mail - and became tearful arsenic she spoke astir the interaction of articles written astir her backstage life.
The histrion and exemplary spent astir 3 hours successful the witnesser container astatine the High Court, wherever she and six others, including Prince Harry and Sir Elton John, are suing Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) implicit allegations of unlawful accusation gathering.
ANL strenuously denies wrongdoing and besides argues the claims person been brought excessively late.
The allegations successful Hurley's lawsuit subordinate to 15 articles published betwixt 2002 and 2011.
In a written witnesser connection submitted to the court, Hurley, 60, said the Daily Mail's alleged unlawful acts progressive "tapping my phones and signaling my unrecorded telephone conversations, placing surreptitious mics connected my location windows" and "other monstrous, staggering things".
She said the alleged tapping of her landline was a "brutal penetration of privacy" that near her feeling "crushed".
In court, she explained successful beforehand of Judge Nicklin however determination had been an "avalanche" of articles written astir her successful the 2000s, and peculiarly aft the commencement of her son, Damian. Many were "unpleasant", she told the court.
Hurley became tearful and wiped her eyes respective times during her evidence, but each clip said she wanted to transportation connected alternatively than taking a break.
"I felt truly mortified that my lad would beryllium capable to work each this worldly 1 day, and I consciousness truly atrocious that that time is contiguous erstwhile each this worldly is being regurgitated again," Hurley said.
"Yet again, everyone's privateness is being invaded successful this unspeakable way, and I consciousness precise helpless astir that."
Damian Hurley sat successful tribunal to enactment his parent - joined successful the greeting by Prince Harry, following his ain grounds yesterday. As helium arrived astatine court, Sky News asked the duke however helium was feeling - to which helium turned and smiled, replying: "Great, convey you."
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During questioning by Antony White KC, representing ANL, Hurley deed backmost astatine his proposition of "leaks" among her friends.
Asked wherefore she did not kick astir the articles successful her assertion astatine the clip they were published, Hurley said she had ever thought "complaints were for libel" - and these stories "were successful essence true".
She continued: "I judge that is due to the fact that radical were listening to maine speak."
There were "microphones connected the windowsill of my eating room" and her rooms and landlines were "bugged", Hurley told the court.
"Yes, determination were leaks, but they were not from my friends," she said.
Hurley was besides questioned astir her relationship with her ex-boyfriend Hugh Grant, and the grade of her engagement with Hacked Off, the property betterment radical helium campaigns for.
The histrion told the tribunal she had donated £350,000 damages awarded to her aft a settlement with Mirror Group Newspapers, but was not progressive with the radical - pushing backmost connected that proposition from White respective times.
At the extremity of her evidence, David Sherborne, who is representing Hurley and the different claimants, asked her however she felt astir having to travel to tribunal "as a effect of Associated denying the claims".
Hurley responded: "I don't truly privation to beryllium here, didn't privation to come.
"I find it intimidating. I find it rather traumatic. I don't truly similar talking astir things that happened to maine successful the past."
Becoming emotional, she added: "I find it precise painful."
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What has ANL said?
During his opening connection to the proceedings earlier this week, Mr White described the allegations against the steadfast arsenic "threadbare", and said ANL journalists person a "compelling relationship of a signifier of morganatic sourcing" of the articles successful question.
In a written submission for the trial, the lawyer said allegations of unlawful accusation gathering (UIG) against ANL, "including of telephone hacking and telephone tapping, successful transportation with Ms Hurley oregon her 10 named associates", are "unsupported by the grounds earlier the court".
The claims are "entirely baseless", helium went on, and "borne of an effort by members of the claimants' probe team, adopted by Ms Hurley and her ineligible representatives, to contiguous a lawsuit of UIG against Associated based wholly connected spurious and, or, discredited information."
Further witnesses for the claimants are owed to springiness grounds adjacent week, earlier witnesses for ANL are called aboriginal on.
The proceedings is acceptable to past astir 9 weeks, with a determination expected astatine a aboriginal date.
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