Mark Oaten receives substantial payment from News of the World publisher

8:00am Wednesday 21st December 2011 in News By Echo Reporter

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FORMER Hampshire MP Mark Oaten has received a large cash payment after settling his phone hacking legal case with the publishers of the News of the World.

Mr Oaten was one of seven public figures to reach a financial agreement in the wake of the scandal that brought the Sunday tabloid to a halt, it emerged yesterday.

The former Winchester MP has a history with the paper, which in 2006 published allegations of an affair with a male escort that saw him resign from the Liberal Democrat front bench and step down from his seat at the 2010 general election.

Civil action The settlement followed a civil action by Mr Oaten against News Group Newspapers, the News International subsidiary that published the News of the World until it closed in July, and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, who was jailed in 2007 for phone hacking.

Mr Oaten claimed he was a victim of the scandal and said he had been awarded “substantial compensation” alongside others including Ulrika Jonsson, Abi Titmuss and Calum Best.

News International released a statement expressing regret for any distress caused and said “appropriate sums by way of compensation” had been agreed.

Terms of the payments were not disclosed.

After serving in Westminster for 13 years, father-of-two Mr Oaten, 48, is now working as chief executive of the International Fur Trade Federation.

He was also seen taking part in a TV reality show in which he lived for a week on a council estate in Dagenham. Viewers saw him break down in tears after being taunted by youths.

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Condor Man says...
9:51am Wed 21 Dec 11

Oaten was tipped for big things and could possibly have been in the cabinet now had it not been for his personal life.

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Eastleigh Bloke says...
10:12am Wed 21 Dec 11

Condor Man wrote:
Oaten was tipped for big things and could possibly have been in the cabinet now had it not been for his personal life.
Not "had it not been for his personal life" rather "had it not been for THE REPORTING OF his personal life".

Personally I thought he was a good MP and was sorry to see him go. I'm sure there are currently MPs with even dodgier interests.

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Shoong says...
10:33am Wed 21 Dec 11

Eastleigh Bloke wrote:
Condor Man wrote:
Oaten was tipped for big things and could possibly have been in the cabinet now had it not been for his personal life.
Not "had it not been for his personal life" rather "had it not been for THE REPORTING OF his personal life".

Personally I thought he was a good MP and was sorry to see him go. I'm sure there are currently MPs with even dodgier interests.
Are you sure? I'm not sure you can get any more disgusting than Mr Oaten's past 'hobbies'.

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The Salv says...
10:40am Wed 21 Dec 11

Shoong wrote:
Eastleigh Bloke wrote:
Condor Man wrote: Oaten was tipped for big things and could possibly have been in the cabinet now had it not been for his personal life.
Not "had it not been for his personal life" rather "had it not been for THE REPORTING OF his personal life". Personally I thought he was a good MP and was sorry to see him go. I'm sure there are currently MPs with even dodgier interests.
Are you sure? I'm not sure you can get any more disgusting than Mr Oaten's past 'hobbies'.
NOW reported that he had hired a 23-year-old male prostitute between the summer of 2004 and February 2005.
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What the issue was is they had this story for many years but was holding onto it so that they could release it at a time Mark was most famous thus selling more newspapers.
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You wonder how many other ticking time bomb stories they had or other newspapers have?

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Lone Ranger. says...
10:46am Wed 21 Dec 11

Shoong wrote:
Eastleigh Bloke wrote:
Condor Man wrote:
Oaten was tipped for big things and could possibly have been in the cabinet now had it not been for his personal life.
Not "had it not been for his personal life" rather "had it not been for THE REPORTING OF his personal life".

Personally I thought he was a good MP and was sorry to see him go. I'm sure there are currently MPs with even dodgier interests.
Are you sure? I'm not sure you can get any more disgusting than Mr Oaten's past 'hobbies'.
"Hobbies" mainly brought to light by the gutter tactics of some moral lacking newspaper.
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Fortunately the NoTW along with some of its staff confined to public humiliation, prison and obscurity.
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May be and hopefully followed The Sun another part of Murdoch gutter empire.

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Huey says...
10:48am Wed 21 Dec 11

The funniest thing for me was when he explained that he had been seeing rent boys due to a midlife crisis precipitated by him going bald ho ho ho.
I am glad his dirty secret was revealed.

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Fieldbean says...
11:05am Wed 21 Dec 11

News of the World could smell mucky story every time, as it does take one to know one.
The fact that he went on to further the gains of the vile fur trade just about sum it up for this boy player, sorry play boy.

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Huey says...
11:28am Wed 21 Dec 11

Fieldbean wrote:
News of the World could smell mucky story every time, as it does take one to know one.
The fact that he went on to further the gains of the vile fur trade just about sum it up for this boy player, sorry play boy.
He needs some fur on top of his head

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Eastleigh Bloke says...
12:11pm Wed 21 Dec 11

Shoong wrote:
Eastleigh Bloke wrote:
Condor Man wrote: Oaten was tipped for big things and could possibly have been in the cabinet now had it not been for his personal life.
Not "had it not been for his personal life" rather "had it not been for THE REPORTING OF his personal life". Personally I thought he was a good MP and was sorry to see him go. I'm sure there are currently MPs with even dodgier interests.
Are you sure? I'm not sure you can get any more disgusting than Mr Oaten's past 'hobbies'.
Each to his own. What he did doesn't do anything for me, but I don't condemn him for it.

Its not as though he sent hundreds of people to die in a foreign country is it?

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hulla baloo says...
12:30pm Wed 21 Dec 11

Lone Ranger. wrote:
Shoong wrote:
Eastleigh Bloke wrote:
Condor Man wrote: Oaten was tipped for big things and could possibly have been in the cabinet now had it not been for his personal life.
Not "had it not been for his personal life" rather "had it not been for THE REPORTING OF his personal life". Personally I thought he was a good MP and was sorry to see him go. I'm sure there are currently MPs with even dodgier interests.
Are you sure? I'm not sure you can get any more disgusting than Mr Oaten's past 'hobbies'.
"Hobbies" mainly brought to light by the gutter tactics of some moral lacking newspaper. . Fortunately the NoTW along with some of its staff confined to public humiliation, prison and obscurity. . May be and hopefully followed The Sun another part of Murdoch gutter empire.
May have been brought to light by the newspapers, but if he had not indulged himself in these ' activities' there would be nothing to report.
I have no sympathy with those that choose to court publicity to serve their own needs, then complain when they get adverse publicity.
As the saying goes ' live by the sword and die by the sword'.

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Condor Man says...
12:35pm Wed 21 Dec 11

It's easy to blame the papers but Oaten was in a position of trust. If he wanted a political career he should have cleaned up his personal life.

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Condor Man says...
12:35pm Wed 21 Dec 11

It's easy to blame the papers but Oaten was in a position of trust. If he wanted a political career he should have cleaned up his personal life.

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Lone Ranger. says...
1:25pm Wed 21 Dec 11

Condor Man wrote:
It's easy to blame the papers but Oaten was in a position of trust. If he wanted a political career he should have cleaned up his personal life.
So its ok to tap phone lines then is it.
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There is investigative journalism and then there are low life hack's.
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You know the sort one that was once ran press office at No10 with "call me Dave" ..... allegedly

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Shoong says...
1:48pm Wed 21 Dec 11

He's a scat man!

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freefinker says...
3:16pm Wed 21 Dec 11

Condor Man wrote:
It's easy to blame the papers but Oaten was in a position of trust. If he wanted a political career he should have cleaned up his personal life.
Ah, I see, like: -
John Profumo.
Stephen Milligan.
Gregory Barker.
Piers Merchant.
David Mellor.
John Major.
.. etc, etc ad infinitum.

Surely CM your private life should be just that - unless hypocrisy is an issue.

All this tittle tattle may be interesting to the public - but it's almost certainly not in the public interest.

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Condor Man says...
4:28pm Wed 21 Dec 11

freefinker wrote:
Condor Man wrote:
It's easy to blame the papers but Oaten was in a position of trust. If he wanted a political career he should have cleaned up his personal life.
Ah, I see, like: -
John Profumo.
Stephen Milligan.
Gregory Barker.
Piers Merchant.
David Mellor.
John Major.
.. etc, etc ad infinitum.

Surely CM your private life should be just that - unless hypocrisy is an issue.

All this tittle tattle may be interesting to the public - but it's almost certainly not in the public interest.
You're forgetting Cecil Parkinson, Maggie was sad to lose him but he had to go. You can't possibly expect people to respect you if you behave in an irresponsible manner.

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