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Max Clifford found guilty
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Well seems they got this one right, seemed to be a right perv! Now who will do his PR!
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Old Max has dirty laundry on so many, wonder if he will tell tales at a later date??
Maybe he's controlling the media again?
Hear, hear!
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a432759/max-clifford-says-he-knew-of-jimmy-savile-abuse-more-names-to-come-out.html#~oCKjY5HccJ4QJ0
You're surprised? DS are firmly in bed with Simon Cowell and Co ....
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1959305
Why have they moved it?
Maybe he's been demoted. He's no longer worthy of 'Showbiz'. ;-)
Testimony, which is pretty much how all cases are proven.
Well evidence also helps, but becomes increasingly difficult to obtain the longer it is between the alleged offence and the trial.
That said, I was listening to the radio this evening (R4, I think, but I wasn't paying attention) where someone was opining that the jury was probably convinced by the prosecution because the victims were not only convincing and coherent, even under cross-examination, but also because the pattern of each assault was similar - not the same (which might have been a bit suspicious), but revealing a common modus operandi.
Of course, it probably didn't help Clifford's case that he tried to portray himself in court as a moral, upright and decent bloke, while at the same time his biography reveals that he used to play a game with his mates to see which of them could get a random woman in the street to come into the office and have sex.
I also heard David Mellor on PM on the way home from work, trying very hard (and only partially succeeding) not to be overwhelmed with smugness. Can't say I blame him. I've never been a particular fan of Mellor, but what Clifford did to him was vile.
I'm glad he was found guilty, and I hope that the sentence he receives reflects the enormity of his offences. Nasty man.
But the sanctimonious Clifford had a history of organising sex parties (no underage girls of course) had a number of mistresses while declaring himself happily married. Then after his wife died of cancer the git boasted he must be good at his job because she never found out.
It hasn't been denied one paper asked his permission to print a story about him and a married woman he was having an affair with, they agreed not to print it till he gave the all clear.... a couple of years later.
He's the turd who touted and promoted the completely false story about the Hamilton's raping a woman. When ordered to pay damages he just laughed it off as an insignificant amount.
If you check various court papers you'll see he was paid far more money to act for the papers than his clients got for their stories, which must be a conflict of interest. Then there's the little matter of lunch with a red head and a settlement over phone hacking.
If he really had stitched up the Hamiltons it wouldn't have been an insignificant amount. A woman came to him saying she had been raped, he told her to go to the police. What was he supposed to do?
I'm sure he used his power for his own ends. But don't forget there were plenty of idiots he exposed who bear a grudge. They should blame themselves not the messenger.
I guess he *could* have not paid them shedloads of money to spew their lies in the tabloids whilst in the process - but hey ho.
Apparently, his sentence will be what was the sentence would have been at the time the offences occurred. According to the daily telegraph.