Lawyers for Elton John and David Furnish have pleaded with the Supreme Court to extend a Court of Appeal decision to ban the British press from publishing details about the celebrity threesome scandal the pair are currently embroiled in. The couple have argued that the need for the gagging order is greater now than it was just weeks ago, as media outlets in the UK have criticised the pair for stifling free speech and setting a dangerous precedent for freedom of the press. After hearing arguments from the couple’s lawyers, Lord Neuberger, the president of the Supreme Court, said judges would debate the case and announce their decision in the near future. Telegraph.co.uk reports: A court order bars publication of the celebrities’ names in England and Wales until then. During the hearing Desmond Browne QC, for the claimant, said: “Overall may we say that the need for the injunction may have been diminished but it has not been extinguished. “The need for the protection from the intrusion remains as great if not greater. “This has been said by some to be the death of the injunction. We hope those reports are greatly exaggerated.” Lord Mance, one of the judges on the panel, questioned whether the [...]