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Jude Law testifies at UK phone hacking trial

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Jude Law has told Britain's phone hacking trial the media had an "unhealthy" amount of information about his private life.

But the actor says he was unaware until today that a family member allegedly sold stories about him to the tabloid press.

Law appeared as a witness at the trial of several former employees of Rupert Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World tabloid.

Law has been paid compensation for phone hacking by Murdoch's company. But a defense lawyer suggested that some of the information in 2005 stories came from Law's associates.

Law said he was unaware until today's hearing of claims that a close relative had been paid by the News of the World.

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First Published: Jan 27 2014 | 7:49 PM IST

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