Rebekah Brooks in line for £3.5m pay out as News International slaps gagging orders on chief execs

[kpete]

Source: Mail Online

Rebekah Brooks in line for £3.5m pay out as News International slaps gagging orders on chief executives (apart from that inquiry on Tuesday)


Former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was given a seven-figure severance package after resigning, it has emerged.

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The final editor of the paper, Colin Myler, is believed to be in line for a £2million pay-off and two of the company's senior lawyers - Jon Chapman and Tom Crone - will both get around £1.5million, the Independent reported.

Les Hinton, chief executive of Dow Jones which publishes the Wall Street Journal, also resigned last night and is likely to receive a hefty sum.

The financial settlements will include gagging orders to stop executives discussing company matters outside of any public inquiries or criminal proceedings.






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[somone]

1. She should be named in every civil lawsuit

[dipsydoodle]

5. Which civil lawsuits ?

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[MrMickeysMom]

2. Will there be SHREDDING?

Of course there will be... They're doing it now!

Perp walk this whole fascist group, please! Do some justice here.

[KurtNYC]

9. You know if THEIR phones were hacked we would probably hear

them talking about how to destroy all evidence and probably hear about some stuff that hasn't come out yet.

[MineralMan]

3. Gagging orders? Sounds kinky to me.

Envisioning Rebekah with a ball gag just doesn't do it for me.

Those pesky British and their inability to speak English correctly. A pox on their Royal House. :rofl:

[JJW]

4. So crime pays!

[harvey007]

6. Rebekah Brooks reminds me of Sideshow Bob

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideshow_Bob

[drm604]

7. Doesn't this confirm that these execs are all complicit,

at least to the extent that they knew what was going on?

Why else pay them to keep quiet?

[JAnthony]

15. GREAT POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!

As in Nixon, and all the others, it's not JUST the crime but the crime of covering it up!

[bobthedrummer]

8. K&R n/t

[hvn_nbr_2]

10. The criminal top dogs get millions in severance while...

I'll bet the printers, writers, janitors, and delivery drivers get whatever the recycling value of one pink slip is.

[aquart]

11. How does an NI gag order work in front of Parliament?

[JDPriestly]

12. This looks really bad for NewsCorp.

The lawyers will open their mouths.

But Murdoch will extract his 30 pieces of silver.

[fascisthunter]

13. so is Rebekah Shielded from Questioning?

[cstanleytech]

14. Is such a gag order which is intended to kill a criminal investigation even legal under british law?

[JAnthony]

16. I highly doubt it, but I'd really love it if someone familiar with

British law would give us some links to how this would not only be illegal but would lead to further charges of what American law calls a conspiracy to obstruct justice.