US authorities concluded there was enough evidence to arrest two people for “reckless endangerment” after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said they experienced a “near-catastrophic” car chase in New York involving paparazzi, a court was told.
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00:00 US authorities say there's enough evidence to arrest two people for reckless endangerment
00:05 following Harry and Meghan's near-catastrophic car chase in New York with paparazzi.
00:10 Details of a review of the incident in May last year were revealed on Wednesday during
00:15 a High Court ruling over Harry's challenge to a decision to change the level of his taxpayer-funded
00:21 personal security when visiting the UK.
00:23 The judge's ruling featured a redacted version of a letter provided to him from the chief
00:28 of intelligence in the New York City Police Department to the chief superintendent, OCU
00:34 commander, Royalty and Special Protection.
00:37 High Court Judge Sir Peter Lane said that, contrary to what appears to have entered the
00:41 public domain, the letter states that reckless endangerment did take place on 16 May 2023.
00:49 He said that the conclusion was that there was sufficient evidence to arrest two individuals
00:54 for reckless endangerment.
00:56 A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess previously said the couple alongside Meghan's mother
01:01 Doria Ragland are said to have been subjected to a relentless pursuit involving half a dozen
01:07 blacked-out vehicles, described as a near-catastrophic car chase, at the hands of a ring of highly
01:14 aggressive paparazzi.
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