journalists shout that is definitely rebekah brooks and her husband, charles brooks. first. in total, 41 people were arrested. nine were convicted. the others, like rebekah brooks, were cleared of all charges. the cps has not turned to the police and said, "start investigating again." they are not interested. they do not believe there is anything like enough evidence. if the allegations are true, why aren't the police investigating this? i think the difficulty i was that after the trial of rebekah brooks and andy. coulson etc, i think the public just lost the appetite for it, - and therefore the cps also lost appetite for it as well. it is disappointing - that the police don't take it further, given the evidence that's come to light since, i but it's a decision for them. people on the other side would say, "well, this isjust proof "that the evidence is flimsy and it doesn't mean anything." if that was the case, _ why would news group have been settling hundreds of claims in the last ten years - for millions and millions and millions of pounds i if it was just flimsy e

the claimants alleged that sienna's publicist, ciara parkes, was called by rebekah brooks, the editorknown rebekah for over 30 years, and she and i had been friends for a long time, so i was very surprised to get that call from her to say that she was aware that sienna was pregnant. she didn't explain how she knew, but i asked her, given the sensitivity of the matter, and sienna was very early on in her pregnancy and going through a lot of turmoil, not to publish the story. and she agreed that she wouldn't publish it. i suppose i wasn't comforted by the fact that she wouldn't run it because i was just horrified about how she might have known. i felt somebody must be selling stories, and i sat down the five people in our lives who knew and interrogated them violently. you know, i was under such intense pressure and said, "it has to be one of you. so who is it?" and lots of tears and denials. i tried to feel relieved that it was... that she had given us her word. but i also, by that point, understood the nature of the beast and that it was probably only a matter of time. so the clock wa