Rebekah Brooks released on bail until October 2011. On 13 March 2012, Brooks was rearrested, together with her husband, on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Ninety people have been arrested in conjunction with illegal acquisition of confidential information since police renewed investigations in 2011, many of them employees or agents of newspapers for which Brooks had responsibilities. Sixteen have been formally charged with crimes. On 15 May 2012, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) charged Brooks and five others with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Charged along with Brooks regarding removal of documents and computers to conceal
Metropolitan Police role in the news media phone hacking scandal he sold at a profit to news media organizations. In March 2003, Rebekah Brooks, editor of "The Sun", and Andy Coulson, editor of "News of the World" testified together before the Commons media select committee. Brooks responded to a question about payments to the police saying, "'We have paid the police for information in the past.' Asked if she would do so again in the future, her answer was pre-empted by Coulson. 'We operate within the law and, if there is a clear public interest, then we will,' he told the committee. It was pointed out to Coulson that it