'I was destroyed by Murdoch's hackers,' says svengali

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Source: Independent U.K.

Elle Macpherson's consultant was falsely accused of leaking to the press, and lost her job and reputation.

An indirect victim of an alleged phone-hacking broke cover yesterday to reveal how the scandal "ruined her life" after she was sacked by the celebrity who believed she was leaking personal details to the press.

Mary-Ellen Field was Elle Macpherson's financial svengali until she was dropped by the model. Unlike many of the celebrities bringing cases against News International who put themselves in the public eye, she is "a normal person", as she puts it, who has been fighting quietly for years to clear her name.

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/i-was-destroyed-by-murdochs-hackers-says-svengali-2287608.html

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Some of the pain Murdoch's minions have caused.