{"id":3791,"date":"2011-08-19T08:59:42","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T08:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:58","slug":"hollywood-reporter-arrested-over-used-cell-phone-hacking-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/hollywood-reporter-arrested-over-used-cell-phone-hacking-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Reporter Arrested over Used Cell Phone Hacking Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/SmartPhone3.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1713\" title=\"SmartPhone3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/SmartPhone3.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1713 lazyload\" title=\"SmartPhone3\" 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including celebrities, fellow journalists, politicians and even victims of murder and their families led to the closing of the paper last month and has seen numerous arrests, including Andy Coulson, the head of communications for the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, and Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the paper who became the head of News Corp in the United Kingdom, before the scandal led to both their resignations.<\/p>\n<p>News Corp is now facing a lawsuit from the private investigator that allegedly performed many of the illegal actions on their behalf, Glenn Mulcaire, who is suing them for breach of contract after ceasing to pay his own legal fees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Hollywood reporter for the now defunct British tabloid News of the World has been arrested by UK police for his part in the used cell phone hacking scandal that has rocked Rupert Murdoch\u2019s media empire and led to the closure of the newspaper. 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