Simon Cowell's lawyers have sent a letter of warning to the UK's national newspapers, after a tracking device was allegedly found on the SonyBMG exec and 'X-Factor' judge's car. Law firm Carter-Ruck sent the missive on Friday following a consultation with Cowell's publicist Max Clifford, apparently.
Clifford told Media Guardian that he knows who attached the device, and that the journalist in question has also been approached. "We now who he is and we have marked his card and told him to never do anything like that again", the publicist said. "We have always played the game and we are not precious but this is way beyond anything acceptable. So Carter-Ruck has sent a letter out to everybody warning them about this and making clear that it is unacceptable. Simon has been putting up with this for seven years, with people approaching him at all hours and we know that we have got to have working relationships with the papers but within acceptable boundaries".
Asked if Cowell is upset about matter, Clifford responded: "Simon is not getting stressed and not making a big drama about it but you know the game and he knows the game".