Hugh Grant’s Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Snooping by the Sun Tabloid Cleared for Trial

Hugh Grant’s Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Snooping by the Sun Tabloid Cleared for Trial
Hugh Grant arrives at the 23rd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles on Jan. 29, 2023. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
The Associated Press
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LONDON—A London court on Friday rejected an attempt by the publisher of The Sun tabloid to throw out a lawsuit by actor Hugh Grant alleging that journalists and investigators it hired illegally snooped on him.

Justice Timothy Fancourt said a trial will have to determine whether Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) carried out unlawful information gathering that included tapping Grant’s home phone, bugging his car, and breaking into his home.