After Prince Harry's court victory against a UK media group, Piers Morgan
launched a scathing attack while denying involvement in phone hacking. The
former Good Morning Britain presenter, responding to Harry's assertion that he
"knew" about phone hacking during Morgan's time as the Mirror editor, denied any
evidence supporting such claims.
Morgan, outside his home, accused Harry of a "hypocritical" approach to
privacy and addressed the court's ruling. He emphasized that there is only one
article during his nine-year tenure as editor that the judge thinks may have
involved unlawful information gathering, and he had zero knowledge of how that
specific story was gathered.
In his statement, Morgan stated, "I've never hacked a phone or told anyone else to hack a phone." He clarified that he wasn't called as a witness or asked to provide a statement in the case, expressing his willingness to do so if asked. Morgan also criticized the false allegations made against him in court by individuals with an "axe to grind."
The court case, initiated by Prince Harry and three other claimants, accused Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) of using phone hacking and other unlawful information-gathering methods. The UK judge ruled in favor of Prince Harry, acknowledging him as a victim of phone hacking and awarded £140,600 ($179,600) in damages.
