morning after 20 years. he suggested that resigning had not been his choice. in a statement, he said, i understand that itv has decided that the current situation cannot go on. a week later, he admitted the affair with the younger colleague, and left itv completely. two days after that, his host his co star, holly willoughby, issued a statement. she said she had been asked about the allegations and rumours emerged in 2020, but that schofield has denied that they were true. mps are now planning to question itv executives over the developments to see how it should have been handled by the organisation. in his first interview since resigning from itv, mr schofield says he desperately regrets the relationship, but insists it was consensual, he strongly denies claims that he groomed the man. he has been speaking to the bbc s amol rajan. phillip, come on in. good to see you. thank you. phillip schofield granted this interview because he wanted to say sorry, he wanted to show con
..i just have to say. ..stop with him. ok, with me. but stop with him. leave him alone now. let me say, you know, a lot of my questions are going to be uncomfortable and, let s face it, intrusive. but you ve chosen this opportunity to tell your side of the story. and there are questions that your viewers, all the people who supported you over the years including your family will want answers to. there s also, of course, lots of questions for itv in all this. you mentioned this young man, and at the centre of recent events is a young man who, together with many others in the media, we re not going to name. under article 8 of the human rights act, he has a right to privacy, and he s not here today to give his own account of events. when did you last speak to him? um. as i engaged the lawyerfor him. um. so.he needed independent support. and so that was the last time. how concerned are you about his welfare right now? massively. massively concerned. where did you first meet t
before 2000 by applying the relevant practice directions and other guidance available. if the minimum term to be served would have been shorter before december 2002 that i must apply that shorter term. i start therefore by considering the appropriate term you must serve by reference to scheduled 2i appropriate term you must serve by reference to scheduled 21 of the sentencing act. in this context i make the following findings which i am sure, having the trialjudge, you lured nikki allan away by telling her lies. 0nly lured nikki allan away by telling her lies. only you know what you said to her, to cause her to leave the gully with you shortly before 10pm in 1992 to leave with you. somehow you tricked her into going with you to the opposite direction to her home and on a cold and dark night. you do not use force. a witness saw you both on your way to the old exchange building, you leading the way and nikki allan skipping along after you, the impression of that witness was
thank you fo her and robbie kaplan here together, i watching them come out of the courthouse every day during the trial, you d see them come out and they would wait for one another depending on which one would come out for, as they would hold hands and walk out together, holding each other like a united front. seeing them together, seeing them as an indivisible pair in this together in every possible way, really i felt like i understand more about how e. jean got through this. how they did it. it was eye-opening to me and i m glad that they re both over with it. they absolutely needed each other for this to happen. robbie kaplan needed that client, that client needed that lawyer. i ve seen that kind of lawyer find relationship and that kind of bond that happens in a crusade like this. it s very special. it is a closer, and ultimately better bond then a doctor who saved your life. because a crusade goes on longer, for years and years, and has ups and downs. and to see th
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