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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-11 12:10 AM
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Winehouse's phone was hacked, reporter claims
Gee, I wonder who might have done that? I hope these scumbags rot in prison for what they've done.

"LOS ANGELES — Add the late Amy Winehouse to the list of U.K. celebrities who were phone hacked.

The singer, who was found dead at her London home on Saturday, had her telephone and medical records accessed by tabloid newspapers, according to reporter Charles Lavery.

Lavery, formerly of the Scottish newspaper the Sunday Mail, writes on his Wordpress blog that Winehouse's parents and sometime lover Blake Fielder-Civil were also targeted by the tabloids. In addition, Winehouse's brother Alex's phones and personal data were also scanned by reporters.

Among other claims, Lavery said papers used hacking to get the times when Winehouse would arrive at various rehab clinics so they could have photographers camped out to get pictures of her entering or leaving treatment..."

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43888235/ns/today-entertainment/

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dkf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-11 12:15 AM
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1. Shame!
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glinda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-11 12:20 AM
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2. Disgusting. And they are not in jail yet?
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