English actress, model, and fashion designe Sienna Miller has settled her claim against the tabloid News of the World in a phone hacking case and will receive 100,000 pounds in compensation.Star of “Factory Girl,” “Alfie” and a lengthy, rocky relationship with Jude Law - also was granted an injunction that will prevent further illegal access to her voicemails and publication of personal information.Siena Miller is one of several high-profile individuals who have pursued lawsuits ,,including Law, who filed a test case , against News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that owns News of the World, for hacking into their phones and using information obtained from personal voice mails in published articles.Siena Miller changed her cell phone number three times in three months when she became concerned that someone was tapping into her phone.
Articles containing private information about Miller that was allegedly obtained via hacking were published in the News of the World back in 2005 and 2006.Scotland Yard is currently investigating the phone hacking case, which has grown wide in scope and will likely involve compensation being paid to additional people, including Miller’s stepmother, interior designer Kelly Hoppen.Rupert Murdoch’s News International recently issued a public apology that acknowledged phone hacking is a rampant problem at the News of the World, as opposed to bad behavior committed by one reporter as the company originally claimed.“Past behaviour at the News of the World in relation to voicemail interception is a matter of genuine regret,” the statement said. “It is now apparent that our previous inquiries failed to uncover important evidence and we acknowledge our actions then were not sufficiently robust.”
