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In an extraordinary legal letter sent to all U.K. newsrooms last Wednesday, which was obtained and reviewed by Confider, lawyers from Mishcon de Reya LLP, who represent Wootton, claimed the Byline Times reporting “is replete with false allegations about our client, including the grave allegation that our client has committed criminal acts by using illegal means to obtain compromising sexual material from scores of male victims whom he has targeted in a multi-year criminal conspiracy operation.”
Over the weekend, Wootton started crowdsourcing to help pay his legal bills. Meantime, News UK has brought in an external law firm to investigate and called upon staffers to come forward with information.
A spokesperson for News UK told Confider: “We are looking into the allegations made in recent days. We are not able to make any further comment at this stage.”
A rep for Mail Online, where Wootton’s column has not appeared since June 29, said: “We are aware of the alleg |