A former Daily Star reporter has accused Northern & Shell - owners of the newspaper - of launching a smear campaign against him.
Richard Peppiatt told the Leveson Inquiry his private life was now part of the Fleet Street "rumour mill".
"I look at the motive and where is the motive to try and get me to shut up? I know exactly where the motive is.
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"Generally for the last nine months there's been an attempt to blacken me behind the scenes.
"Rumours about myself have been fed into the rumour mill of Fleet Street, much of it untrue. It's attempting to discourage others not to speak out ... 'we will make it as hard as possible to criticise others'."
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