Dan Wootton trending on Twitter...

[LookItsMeAgain]

I was wondering why this name has been popping up on my "Trending for you"on Twitter over the past while

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/07/17/gb-news-star-dan-wootton-unmasked-in-cash-for-sexual-images-catfishing-scandal/

Wow is all I can say.

Just wow!

Oh no! He's good copy isn't he!

From Harry's Spare.

He’s an odious despicable man. I wonder how long it’ll be before he uses poor mental health as an excuse to avoid accountability?

Not massively surprising. There's been rumours for sometime.

All these men seem to be the same - all on power trips to some degree or another and seem to think they can just brazen it out.

This one is particularly notable because he's repeatedly criticised others for their behaviour. Maybe he thought that would act as a shield?

Did we all watch his statement?

I’m treating these allegations with a note of caution. The man behind Byline Times isn’t exactly a bastion of honesty and integrity, being a convicted phone hacker at both The Mirror and News of the World.

With Hugh Edwards I felt sad and grubby with the news but with this despicable piece of filth I am assembling a 10 piece gypsy fiddle orchestra and a refugee choir to dance and pee on his metaphorical grave all ending with some twisted Wicker Man immolation. All are welcome - bring a pitchfork.

I watched his performance.

The court of public opinion is a fickle one

Could I join in?

I honestly have the world's tiniest violin

Yes , slightly hypocritical I thought.

I bet the Met are cursing him, if he hasn't broken any laws the conspiracy theorists will go wild, just as they are holding up lots of signs saying 'down with this sort of thing'.

I'm confused. 5 people say someone - they don't know who but are happy to say it could have been Wootton - were offered money to send naked photos. They could say yes or no.

For the record, I don't respect Bylines, I despise Dan Wootton, and his boyfriend, Alex's account of the hell he went through as Woottons boyfriend for 4 years didn't add up.

But for 3 years work, I hope Bylines has got more than this.

Of course Roussette I will defer to your sterling work on the Royal threads (passim) and you shall lead from the front.....what a ball that would be !

It can't be stressed too much as to how toxic he personally and the rest of his ilk have been on debate in the public realm that he and the Daily Mail/Murdoch/GBNews etc have brought to the pot. If it is true and leads to his downfall never will have karma been so beautifully displayed in action.

They have released Part 1 probably to get a response and see if any other accusers are emboldened to come forward. With these sorts of stories you often leave the best to last and set some bear traps for the accused to fall into.

I did not find that article compelling. It certainly wasn't of the standard I'd expect for allegations this serious. If that was the first of a three part series, I'd expect they would lead with their best-evidenced material but we have an ex-partner and some anonymous quotes. Plus the claim that there were five co-conspirators dropped in without anything to back it up.

Compare that to the New York Times articles on Harvey Weinstein and the difference in reporting is very stark. In that case, they had multiple people on the record, interviews with people who were told at the time about incidents with Weinstein, and witnesses to events. This is very thin stuff in comparison.

People are entitled to dislike Wootton, to believe he's unethical or a bad journalist but that's a different matter from saying he was involved in blackmailing and catfishing people into sexual acts. I would like to see better evidence than that article before I make my mind up, particularly since Wootton is denying it and appears to be getting lawyers involved.

Let's hope so. Because it's paltry offerings so far.

Well...police are involved so we'll see won't we..
Nothing, but nothing would surprise me about that man

'There are dark forces out to try and take this brilliant channel down. And that’s because GB News is the biggest threat to the establishment in decades, and they will stop at nothing to destroy us.'

Biggest threat to the establishment

Sorry, who do you mean? If you're talking about Andy Coulson or Clive Goodman there doesn't appear to be any connection.

Byline's founders and staff are listed here.

https://bylinetimes.com/about/

Peter Jukes did, however, live tweet the hacking trial but was definitely not a defendent.

The police have already been involved on at least one occasion and found nothing to investigate. They're involved now because Bylines say they have given them evidence. Let's hope they have more than this.

The police have already been involved on at least one occasion and found nothing to investigate.

How long ago was that @SugarRaye ?

Novara Media join the throng...

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It's all very murky. Would the press publish anything if they didn't have evidence, opening themselves up to be sued ? Would Wootton go public and say it's not true if he may be proved wrong?
It's like some weird game of poker , holding your nerve and hoping your opponent doesn't have a better hand than you do.

That'll be the bastard Illuminati. Always sticking it to freedom, GBN and Britain. They've been doing it for 100s of years.

I noticed that, the link with The News of the World.

It says it in the Byline article, at the end.