Rebekah Brooks has been arrested, the Metropolitan Police confirmed on Sunday.
The former News International chief executive went to a London police station by appointment and was arrested on suspicion of corruption and phone hacking.
Brooks is the 10th person to be arrested in connection to the new investigation into allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World.
More links between the Murdoch empire and Met Police commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson and culture, media and sport select committee chair John Whittingdale have emerged this morning, while on the political front, both Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have called for Rupert Murdoch’s media empire to be cut back.
From 1994 to 2004, Regan hosted a number of talk shows, including her own Judith Regan Tonight, a weekend talk show on the Fox News Channel.
In November 2007, Regan filed a $100 million lawsuit against News Corporation protesting her dismissal.[10] Her allegations include that she was ordered to lie to federal investigators regarding the controversy over Bernard Kerik, with whom she was having an affair, to protect Rudy Giuliani's bid for president, as his promotions of Bernard Kerik were likely to become a burden on the presumed future campaign. According to The New York Times, "The assertion that the News Corporation has sought to protect Mr. Giuliani appears in the opening page of the filing. The document later revisits aspects of the assertion."
In January 2008, the defamation lawsuit was settled on terms described as confidential and equitable. It was reported the News Corporation paid Regan a sum between 10 and 30 million dollars. In a joint statement, News Corp conceded that Regan had not uttered anti-Semitic statements and that Regan was not anti-Semitic.