The Guardian said Brown wrote to police after documents that were recently made public during civil court proceedings reportedly showed Lewis met with detectives in 2011.
After he was hired by the Post, Lewis also tried to kill a story about his alleged involvement in the phone hacking scandal coverup, offering an NPR reporter an interview in exchange for squashing the forthcoming article.
In May, Brown wrote to the Metropolitan Police and said he was told that the “Met’s special inquiry team” would look into it.
The security threats were believed to be genuine and were not devised as part of an alleged ‘cover-up’ and there is no evidence to show that is the case,” the News UK spokesperson said.
The allegations swirling around Lewis have roiled The Washington Post newsroom in recent months.
Persons:
Will Lewis, Rupert Murdoch’s, Gordon Brown, Lewis, Brown, Tom Watson, Rebekah Brooks, ” Brown, Prince Harry, Murdoch, ”, Mr Brown, “, Brooks, ” “, Carlotta Cardana, Robert Winnett, Jeff Bezos
Organizations:
New, New York CNN, London, Washington Post, Guardian, Metropolitan Police, Murdoch’s News, Washington, Post, CNN, News, IT, MPS, Bloomberg, Getty
Locations:
New York, London