Hugh Grant Tapes Hacker Convo

Bugger Bugged

Whistleblower alleges scandal goes up to PM.

Published Apr. 12 2011 5:34PM EDT

cheats/2011/04/12/hugh-grants-tapes-hacker-convo/celeb-ny-resolutions---hugh-grant_yf6jwe — Peter Kramer, NBC NewsWire / AP Photo

Talk about turning the tables. Actor Hugh Grant, a victim of News of the World’s phone-hacking scandal, secretly taped a conversation with Paul McMullan, one of the whistleblowers—and a former phone hacker himself.

Hugh Grant Tapes Hacker Convo

Whistleblower alleges scandal goes up to PM.

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