Editing Hugh Grant (section)

=== Libel lawsuits ===
In 1996, Grant won substantial damages from [[News UK#History|News (UK) Ltd]] over what his lawyers called a "highly defamatory" article published in January 1995. The company's newspaper, ''[[Today (UK newspaper)|Today]]'', which ceased publication the following November, had falsely claimed that Grant verbally abused a young extra with a "foul-mouthed tongue lashing" on the set of ''[[The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Actor Hugh wins substantial libel award|last=Howard|first=Stephen|publisher=[[Press Association]]|date=4 June 1996}}</ref>

On 27 April 2007, he accepted undisclosed damages from [[Associated Newspapers Ltd|Associated Newspapers]] over claims made about his relationships with his former girlfriends in three separate tabloid articles, which were published in the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[The Mail on Sunday]]'' on 18, 21 and 24 February. His lawyer stated that all of the articles' "allegations and factual assertions are false".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6598937.stm|title=Hugh Grant accepts libel damages|work=[[BBC]]|date=27 April 2007|access-date=24 February 2007}}</ref> Grant said, in a written statement, that he took the action because: "I was tired of the ''Daily Mail'' and ''Mail on Sunday'' papers publishing almost entirely fictional articles about my private life for their own financial gain." He went on to take the opportunity to stress, "I'm also hoping that this statement in court might remind people that the so-called 'close friends' or 'close sources' on which these stories claim to be based almost never exist."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/apr/27/associatednewspapers.pressandpublishing|title=Associated pays Grant damages|last=Tryhorn|first=Chris|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 April 2007|access-date=17 February 2007}}</ref>