Frost thought Jude Law was selling stories on her

Actress Sadie Frost has revealed she thought her ex-husband Jude law was selling stories on her to the newspapers to make her look bad so he would get custody of their children.

The 49-year-old, who did not know her phone was being hacked at the time, said she did not know who to trust and was for many years in a "living hell".

And even her best friend Kate Moss began to question if it was Frost who was letting things slip.

In a written statement, she said: "I was at breaking point, I could not sleep, or eat, and I did not know who to trust as information kept getting into the media.

"I thought it might be Jude - trying to make me look bad for custody reasons - or my friends or family using me for their own gains. Either thought was heartbreaking."

One article which appeared in the Daily Mirror spoke of her concerns Law was involved with his Cold Mountain co-star Nicole Kidman.

Frost said: "Whether there was any truth in them or not, I did have them but I only shared them, and the fact they were the source of arguments, with those closest to me.

"This was a deeply stressful time in my life. In every relationship, it feels like a betrayal when private arguments are shared with other people.

"In mine and Jude's case, the detail was shared with the whole world and we each thought the other was to blame.

"Jude, the father of my children, thought for years that I was selling stories which created an animosity between us that has only really disappeared since the revelations about phone hacking."

The actress said it felt like she and those closest to her were "being monitored and hunted down by a sort of secret police" and didn't even trust her own mother at that time.

Mirror Newspapers Group admits phone hacking and the case at the High Court is to decide what compensation should be awarded to victims.

It has since apologised for its actions but Frost told the court it was "rather too little too late".

ITV News reporter Rebecca Barry reports: