[Caution is advised of a distressing subject matter. Quotations are taken from public sources for example BBC documentaries]
Scoop 2024 - Faking It Special & Faking It: Tears of a Crime TV - Child Snatchers: A Day at the Fair TV -
Is it him? Scoop 2024 starring Gillian Anderson & Keeley Hawes & Billie Piper & Rufus Sewell & Romola Garai & Richard Goulding & Amanda Redman et al, director Philip Martin, opening scene journalist Jae on dog-n-bone
My instinct is you haven’t had the right strategy … I’ve put together a list of friendly journalists. ibid. adviser
Prince Andrew & The Paedo. ibid. Sam reviews News of the World front page
It’s a warehouse of girls. He calls them His Nubiles. ibid. Jae to Sam
Our friend Jeffrey’s plane is due to land in the next half hour. And the FBI are waiting for him. ibid. Jae to Sam
You couldn’t be anywhere near Epstein and not know. ibid. BBC dude Freddy
14th November 2019: I have a peculiar condition in that I didn’t sweat at the time … An overdose of adrenalin in the Falklands War … ibid.
Andrew: You know, I think that all went very well.
Maitliss: Like a walk in the park. ibid.
I ain’t no snitch. My loyalty runs deep-pan. ibid. social media
One of the biggest names in Britain showbizness: knighted by the Queen and by the Pope. The marathon man who raised so much for charity that a hospital gave him his own set of keys. But it was all a smokescreen. Behind his playboy image fifty years of child abuse and hundreds of victims. Now for the first time we reveal clues that were there twenty-five years ago but were ignored. And the moment Savile’s mask slipped. Faking It Special s1e1: Jimmy Savile, Discovery 2020
How were we not all terrified as children by this man who is creepy looking quite frankly? ibid. Kerry
‘The word prolific doesn’t do it justice. The earliest allegation: 1955; the most recent one was 2009 … a sexual predator who operated at will over decades. ibid. Gabrielle Shaw
‘I’m feared in every girl’s school in this country.’ ibid. Savile, Have I Got News for You
A struggle between Andrew Neil determined to fine out more, and Savile resisting exposure, but sometimes Savile couldn’t help himself. ibid.
His interest was in vulnerable people particularly if they were very young. ibid.
‘Everybody tips me off about everything.’ ibid. Savile, Neil interview
Within a year thirty police officers were on the case. ibid.
Operation Yewtree launched successful prosecutions against TV entertainer Rolf Harris … Max Clifford … and the singer Gary Glitter. ibid.
He was evil, pure and simple. ibid. victim
Together in one photograph, and at the centre of what’s claimed to be a major international sex abuse scandal. Prince Andrew who denies any wrongdoing. Virginia Roberts, then aged 17, who claims she was a victim. Ghislaine Maxwell now facing six criminal charges; and behind the flash, said to be taking the picture, convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Faking It Special s1e3: Epstein, Maxwell & Prince Andrew
There’s a real arrogance, a really unpleasant arrogance, to Jeffrey Epstein. ibid. Kerry
He’s got the money; she’s got the connections. ibid.
What did Prince Andrew believe she was there for the purposes of? ibid.
It was the mention of Ghislaine Maxwell that moved her to tears. ibid.
From boy to man he was the king of pop music. But for 30 years a reputation under attack. He said he was misunderstood. His actions harmless. Faking It Special s1e4: Michael Jackson
It’s car crash television, it really is … You’re watching this person holding hands with a twelve-year-old boy, and you just think, what the hell is going through your mind? ibid. Kerry
Santa Barbara 2003: Facing fourteen charges and fighting for his career and reputation, Michael Jackson pleads not guilty. ibid.
Despite Michael Jackson’s bombshell revelation that he did share his bed with young boys, he was fiercely defended by his fans. ibid.
On balance, taking behaviour alone … The scales are tipping well in favour of Michael Jackson telling the truth about not abusing children. ibid. Cliff
Latoya goes on television and throws Michael under the bus. ibid. Kerry
Once he started on that road to altering himself, I think he became addicted. ibid.
When I watched the Leaving Neverland documentary, I think that the overall story that these men give is actually very very compelling. ibid.
Once upon a time he was the king of glam rock. Known throughout the land, his quirky rebellious image was used to market everything from tinned soup to breakfast cereals. 26 hit singles, 20 million record sales, a pop icon. Faking It Special s1e8: Gary Glitter
The truth that was hidden for 40 years. His embarrassing deceptions exposed. And outright lies examined. ibid.
He is a career paedophile and he is absolutely where he belongs – behind bars. ibid. Kerry
‘I look at the clip [Clunk Click, 1974] of Gary Glitter and his close friend Jimmy Savile and it makes my flesh crawl … This is a prime-time children’s programme.’ ibid. Kerry
Behind the scenes Glitter preyed on young fans who bought tickets to see him. ibid.
Back in the 1960s none of these cases went to court. ibid.
‘It was at this store in Bristol where Gary Glitter was arrested after images of child pornography were discovered on a computer he had taken in for repair.’ ibid. BBC news
Glitter flew ten thousand miles away to the far east, to Cambodia and then Vietnam, immediately prompting suspicions. ibid.
Gary Glitter was found guilty of six charges: attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault, and having sex with a girl under thirteen, and jailed for sixteen years. ibid.
‘R Kelly is a predatory rapist with dozens of victims over thirty years.’ Faking It Special s1e11: R Kelly, Jim DeRogatis, author ‘Soulless: The Case Against R Kelly’, DiscoveryPlus 2023
His abuse of underage girls stretching back to the ’90s was finally exposed. ibid.
A string of shattered lives in his wake. R Kelly’s secrets and lives revealed. ibid.
He felt entitled to do whatever he wanted. ibid. Kerry
Kelly is 27 and Aaliyah was 15. ibid.
‘There was a posse of young teenage girls, backing singers and dancers, that were sexually abused by Kelly.’ ibid. DeRogatis
‘His predilections and his predation were never a secret.’ ibid. DeRogatis
Public unease about Kelly turns into a backlash. ibid.
R Kelly Sex Cult: Girls Held Against Their Will. ibid. article
Shortly after the cult accusation, a TV documentary series Surviving R Kelly detailed his abuse of underage victims over a period of 25 years, with 7 of them appearing on camera. ibid.
He’s trying to play the victim but there’s no genuine emotion. ibid.
A string of federal charges … He was found guilty of all charges. ibid.
He threatened some of Britain’s most powerful falsely claiming they were paedophiles and child-killers. But what clues were there about the man known as Nick. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s4e3: Carl Beech
He claimed that as a child he and other had been sexually abused by a group of powerful men, a VIP paedophile ring that went to the top of the British establishment. ibid.
‘Crucially, he said three children had been killed.’ ibid. man
The emotions and the behaviour he’s exhibiting don’t fit with the account that he’s relating. ibid. Cliff