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Originally Posted by Pierre
And if it is a good faith investigative journalism piece, I would expect legal actions to follow, otherwise, what’s the point?
Can you imagine, looking back, if there was a Saville expose, while he was alive …..…..and nothing happened afterwards?
If he has done what he is accused of……….there has to be an investigation……………there has to be.
If his accusers refuse to be part of that, then we draw our own conclusions.
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Well, the point would be to expose him. The newspapers can't bring criminal cases but there is still a public interest in reporting the story so long as they're confident they can stand it up if he sues them.
What happens now probably depends on more people coming forward. You're not going to get a smoking gun bit of evidence so any realistic criminal investigation will require loads of independent testimonies. At the moment The Times has several women plus a text message from Brand saying he was sorry, but that last one occurred in the United States so the Met probably can't use that.