Piers Morgan To Appear At UK Media Ethics Inquiry

First Published: December 15, 2011 3:17 PM EST Credit: WireImage

LONDON, UK -- Caption Piers Morgan attends the 2011 NBC Upfronts at the Hilton Hotel, New York City, May 16, 2011A publicist for Piers Morgan says the former tabloid editor-turned-celebrity interviewer will appear before a British inquiry into media ethics.

The inquiry was organized in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that brought down Britain’s News of the World tabloid.

Morgan’s publicist Megan McPartland said Thursday her client will appear next week. She gave no other details.

Morgan, who replaced Larry King at CNN, can expect to be quizzed on allegations that he condoned phone hacking while working at the Daily Mirror and that he personally listened in on illegally intercepted messages.

Morgan has denied ever knowingly running a story off of illegally intercepted phone messages.

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