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The Sun pays damages to England all-rounder Ben Stokes & his family

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The Sun newspaper in England has paid damages to the national cricket team's all-rounder Ben Stokes and his family for putting details on the front page of a tragedy that involved the family. Ben’s mother Deborah Stokes has said that the family took legal action over an article that was published in September 2019 and was headlined “tragedy that haunts Stokes’ family”. 

“The decision to publish this article was a decision to expose, and to profit from exposing, intensely private and painful matters within our family. The suffering caused to our family by the publication of this article is something we cannot forgive,” Deborah was quoted as saying by The Guardian. 

“Ben and I can take no pleasure in concluding this settlement with The Sun. We can only hope that our actions in holding the paper to account will leave a lasting mark, and one that will contribute to prevent other families from having to suffer the same pain as was inflicted on our family by this article,” she added. 

The Sun has now issued an unreserved apology. “We should not have published the article.”

Stokes, who played a massive role in England's World Cup-winning campaign back in 2019 has been out of action after the left-handed batsman had taken an indefinite break from cricket on July 30 this year.

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