LONDON (AP) ― British newspaper the Guardian is reporting that media baron Rupert Murdoch paid former News International chief Rebekah Brooks $2.7 million and the use of an office as part of her severance package.
The newspaper says without citing sources that the high-profile CEO of the now-closed tabloid News of The World was also granted continued access to her company limousine and driver for two years.
The report said Brooks was given a central London office, adding that her spokesman asked the paper not to reveal the location of the office.
Brooks resigned earlier this year as a phone hacking scandal shook Murdoch’s media empire and forced the News of The World to close. She was arrested by police investigating the claims but was not charged.
