Lawyer hits back at paper

A LAWYER for Hugh Grant criticised the Mail on Sunday yesterday after the paper accused the actor of making “mendacious smears” in his evidence.

By The Newsroom

Published 23rd Nov 2011, 00:00 BST

The Four Weddings And A Funeral star suggested on Monday that the paper hacked his phone before printing a “bizarre” article in February 2007 about his relationship with then-girlfriend Jemima Khan.

The Mail on Sunday later issued a statement concluding: “Mr Grant’s allegations are mendacious smears driven by his hatred of the media.”

David Sherborne, counsel for Grant and 50 other alleged victims of press intrusion, told the inquiry yesterday this statement was “an allegation of the most serious kind” against the actor.