Mark Lewis: 'This is getting wider'
Credit: Lewis Whyld/PAThe solicitor representing many of the alleged victims of phone hacking by the News of the World has confirmed he is planning to pursue three cases in the United States.
Mark Lewis, who has been following the phone-hacking story since 2007, is due to arrive in the US next week, according to the Daily Beast.
He told the site that three separate lawsuits would be filed "imminently" on behalf of clients who believe their phones were hacked while they were in the country.
"This is getting wider," Lewis said. "It's not just the people who were A-list or celebrities, but people who were in their circles – people who might call them or work with them.
"We've only seen the documents that exist in respect to News International in England, and there's been no process of discovery in respect of News Corp. That could be the next thing that we have to find out."
Lewis hinted in February that he was preparing to bring cases in the US, telling BBC Radio 4 at the time: "In terms of my own plans, I represent my clients as best I can do.
"I'm not prepared to discuss individual cases, but if cases are in existence which have an American aspect to them then they will be pursued, if appropriate to pursue them, in America.
"I'm certainly not prepared to deny that I'm off to America to meet with American lawyers in respect of a case."
News Corp declined to comment on the story. The Metropolian police have so far arrested 21 people as part of Operation Weeting, the investigation into alleged voicemail interception.
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