This pledge has been reported by the Daily Telegraph and, in slightly different form, by the Daily Mail, and both report that the secrets of 15 celebrities could be exposed.
According to the Telegraph, “even the name of the US tabloid, and of its editor, cannot be published in England and Wales” because it might lead readers to the coverage and therefore breach the injunctions.
The American publication has so far named two people covered by injunctions: a celebrity known as PJS who was allegedly involved in an extra-marital threesome; and an actor accused of paying for sex with an escort.
The woman has been widely named as Helen Wood. She is reported, by the Daily Star, as being “mortified” by the story resurfacing some five years after the actor obtained the injunction.
Others could well be mortified in coming months because the Telegraph quoted the editor as saying that his magazine “will continue to pursue stories in Britain” because “we believe our readers have the right to know about the professional and personal lives of these types of celebrities.
“The notion that a celebrity can seek an injunction to prohibit material from being published in traditional media when it is available in new media is ridiculous.”
On the basis of the editor’s statements, the Mail reported that “a string of celebrities hiding sordid secrets” face being unmasked in the coming months.
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