Donald Trump’s hush money trial got back underway on Tuesday with Judge Juan Merchan ruling that he found the former president in contempt of court on nine of the first ten violations of the gag order, fining him $1,000 for each. Further violations may result in “an incarceratory punishment”, he warned. The judge did say […]
Tag: Tabloid
‘Trump f—-ed you, idiot’, Stormy Daniels’ lawyer told tabloid
The lawyer who negotiated Stormy Daniels’ hush money deal told a tabloid editor who helped Donald Trump kill stories of alleged affairs “he f—-d you, idiot”. Keith Davidson represented Ms Daniels and Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model, in financial agreements to buy their silence over their purported trysts with Mr Trump. He later texted […]
8 years after the National Enquirer’s deal with Donald Trump, the iconic tabloid is limping badly
NEW YORK (AP) — Catch and kill. Checkbook journalism. Secret deals. Friends helping friends. Even by National Enquirer standards, testimony by its former publisher David Pecker at Donald Trump‘s hush money trial this week has revealed an astonishing level of corruption at America’s best-known tabloid and may one day be seen as the moment it […]
Hugh Grant says he took ‘enormous sum’ to settle suit alleging illegal snooping by The Sun tabloid
LONDON (AP) — Hugh Grant accepted “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home to snoop on him, the actor said Wednesday after the agreement was announced in court. Grant said he reluctantly settled because of a […]
Hugh Grant says he got ‘enormous sum’ to settle suit alleging illegal snooping by The Sun tabloid
LONDON (AP) — Hugh Grant received “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home to snoop on him, the actor said Wednesday after the agreement was announced in court. Grant, who along with Prince Harry had sued […]
Prince Harry Wins Phone Hacking Lawsuit Against British Tabloid Publisher, Awarded 140,000 Pounds
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the first of his several lawsuits against the tabloids to go to trial. Justice Timothy Fancourt in the High Court found that phone hacking was “widespread and habitual” at […]