Jude Law and Lord Prescott are among the high-profile figures to receive payouts over phone hacking by the News of the World, the High Court has heard. Actor Law received £130,000 ($200,000) and his ex-wife Sadie Frost £50,000 ($77,000) while the ex-deputy prime minister got £40,000 ($62,000). Footballer Ashley Cole also settled for an undisclosed fee with the now-defunct paper's publisher, the court heard. News International said it would not comment on the agreements. Most people pursuing damages had now settled out of court, lawyers said. The court heard Law's phone was repeatedly hacked between 2003 and 2006. Frost said she had distrusted him because journalists always knew where she would be. In a statement issued after the hearing, Law said: "I was suspicious about how information concerning my private life was coming out in the press. "I changed my phones, I had my house swept for bugs but still the information kept being published. I started to become distrustful of people close to me." In total 16 articles were published containing Law's personal information. His personal assistant Ben Jackson was also awarded £40,000 ($62,000), while his agent Ciara Parkes got £35,000 ($54,000). The News of the World had placed Mr Prescott under surveillance, the court heard. Other payouts included £40,000 to rugby union star Gavin Henson and the same sum to entrepreneur and friend of Princes William and Harry, Guy Pelly.
