Prince Harry charged with destroying evidence in tabloid case

Prince Harry is still locked in a legal battle against the publishers Sun. Today, Tonight’s entertainment The duke is reportedly under fire for allegedly destroying correspondence between him and his ghostwriter. The tabloid’s legal team is accusing Harry of “deliberately” deleting potential evidence in his case. Related press explained that attorney Anthony Hudson stated that after publication by News Group Newspapers Sunis collecting Harry’s emails, text messages and WhatsApp messages with writer J.R. Moehringer (who helped Harry write his memoir, Preventive), they do not have access to everything that was promised.

While NGN’s legal team is in the process of gathering all the information, Harry’s lawyer claims that all communication was done through an app called Signal and that “the chat history has been deleted before the memoir is published to remove sensitive information.” His team claimed that the reason for the ephemeral nature of their correspondence was to keep Harry safe and that if the information leaked, it would jeopardize his safety.

“NGN’s slow and tactical approach to disclosure completely undermines the deliberately sensational claim that the plaintiff (Harry) failed to properly conduct disclosure,” Harry’s lawyer David Sherborne said in court papers, according to the AP. “This is untrue. In fact, the plaintiff has made it clear that he conducted extensive searches beyond his duty.”

NGN’s team hit back, saying the prince was “trying to create an obstacle” and leaving it without sufficient evidence.

Judge Timothy Fancourt, the judge in the case, added that he wanted Harry to give a statement and explain everything, saying, “We don’t know what happened. It’s completely unclear. […] The position is unclear as to what happened and needs to be established by witness testimony from the plaintiff himself – what happened to the messages between him and his ghostwriter and whether any attempts were made to retrieve them.”

Harry and the other plaintiffs will go to trial against NGN in January 2025, claiming they were victims of illegal information harvesting. Earlier this year, Prince Harry lost the case about his security detail in England. In that situation, Harry claimed that his family was in danger during his trips to England and that the government team overseeing his security treated him unfairly after he decided to quit. senior royal role and move. go to USA.