

The publicist has told the press that the allegations he is facing have nothing to do with children, but revealed that he is not allowed to discuss his 12 hours of questioning any further. Mr Clifford, 69, is best known for keeping the images of such people as Kerry Katona and Katie Price their shiniest, but is now facing an up hill challenge to keep his own reputation in check. PR guru Max Clifford may need to use all the publicist expertise at his disposal to get himself out of this one, having been questioned by police about two separate sex offence allegations some eight years apart. Jim vigorously denies the allegations."Ĭontinue reading: Police Clutch Evidence Bags After Searching Jim Davidson's Home The complainants were then in their mid-twenties. They all strenuously deny the allegations levelled against them.ĭavid's solicitor Henri Brandman said "Two women have made allegations in respect of Jim that date back approximately 25 years. Let's move on." Other high profile names arrested as part of the investigation into sexual abuse include comedian Freddie Starr, Gary Glitter and Max Clifford. As odd as he was, Savile can't defend himself. Just pick someone you don't like and say it's them.

We all are starting to speculate and accuse. On his blog in October, Davidson wrote, "The Savile witch hunt is going a bit silly now. In a statement, the former host of Big Break and The Generation Game said he "vigorously denies" the allegations, which reportedly date back around 25 years. Plain clothes officers searched his £900,000 Georgian home in the Hampshire village of Stockbridge and were seen leaving with plastic evidence bags and brown envelopes. The entertainer was due to appear on the Channel 5 reality series - which begins tonight (January 3, 2012) - though took the decision to pull out after he was questioned by detectives. The comedian Jim Davidson has been forced to pull out of Celebrity Big Brother after he was arrested at Heathrow airport in connection with the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. In 2006, a Vietnam court found him guilty of committing obscene acts with minors.Ĭontinue reading: Why Did Gary Glitter Benefit Financially From Silver Linings Playbook? Glitter's reputation was irreparably tarnished following his 1997 arrest and 1999 convicted for possession of child pornography in the UK. A US source defended the use of his track in Silver Linings Playbook, saying, "There's less awareness of his past here." He was also played on BBC Radio 2 and on a Top of the Pops rerun. Technology giant Hewlett Packard used a cover version of the singer's hit track Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah) in their U.S.

According to The Sun, American football, basketball and ice hockey teams regularly used Glitter's 1970s anthems during match-days, again boosting his coffers each time. Glitter - who was arrested again this year as part of Operation Yewtree - banked royalties from the movie, as well as from several other sources. Glitter's 1972 track Rock And Roll Part 2 features in one of the trailers for the Jennifer Lawrence-starring movie, which is up for eight prizes at the Academy Awards. Convicted sex-offender Gary Glitter raked in £300,000 this year, partly thanks to David O'Russell's Oscar nominated movie Silver Linings Playbook.
