Rebekah Brooks - Personal Life

Personal Life

Brooks became engaged to actor Ross Kemp (best known for portraying volatile hardman Grant Mitchell in EastEnders) in 1996, and married him in June 2002 in Las Vegas. On 3 November 2005, it was reported that Brooks had been arrested following an alleged assault on her husband. She was later released without charge and the police took no further action. The Sun had been running a campaign against domestic violence at the time. The couple had spent the previous evening in the company of the former Cabinet Minister David Blunkett, who had resigned for the second time on that day.

Private Eye and The Independent reported that the couple had separated; this was not widely reported in the remainder of the British press. The 7 March 2008 issue of Private Eye refers to her "paramour", former racehorse trainer and author Charlie Brooks. The Guardian reported on 5 June 2009, that she would marry Brooks. The Independent reported that Brooks and her fiancé had married in a lakeside ceremony in June 2009. The couple are key members of the Chipping Norton set, and live in Churchill, Oxfordshire, and London. It was reported that a laptop and other items allegedly belonging to Charlie Brooks were found in the rubbish bins at the couple's London flat in Chelsea Harbour and, despite being claimed by Mr Brooks, were removed by police for examination.

In July 2011, MP Chris Bryant claimed that Brooks had previously implied that he would loiter in a London park because he was homosexual, and that Kemp had responded, "Shut up, you homophobic cow."

Brooks is a friend of Sheryl Gascoigne, the ex-wife of footballer Paul Gascoigne. She also attended the 50th birthday party of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.

It was announced by Bell Pottinger that Rebekah and Charlie Brooks were expecting a daughter in early 2012 via a surrogate mother. Scarlett Anne Mary Brooks was born at The Portland private hospital in London on 25 January 2012.