Biggest news story of the year breaking this weekend. Part 2

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Follow on from the last thread here

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4896774-apparently-the-biggest-news-story-of-the-year-is-going-to-break-over-the-weekend?page=40&reply=129219807

Yep, RB is pretty much only known as a sex addict from the 00s…… can’t believe a 90 minute panorama would be dedicated to this….seems very unlikely for anyone to start slinging shots now?!

There is no big story

Haven’t RTFT, so apologies if anyone has already mentioned, did a quick google and this is coming up everywhere…

“An A-list household name is reportedly the focus of an upcoming Channel 4 Dispatches documentary on Saturday.

Channel 4 has scheduled a mystery 90-minute special of its investigative series to air at 9PM on 16 September.

The tabloid also says that the feature-length show will look into “a number of celebrities in the industry” and claims the episode “is said to be potentially hugely damaging.”.
A TV insider told the newspaper: “This programme has been years in the making and is being edited up to the last minute. It has the potential to halt the career of at least one celebrity with the contents.”

Is this going to be related to Katherine Ryan's allegations a few months ago?

I am afraid that this expose could end in tears. HE wound up in psychiatric care. Worse is not inconceivable.

We're on hols in the States, listening to Stephen Nolan by the pool and Brand's statement was just played. Might have to see if we can watch Dispatches online tomorrow.

Yes there is - it's aliens <stamps foot>.

There's Klingons on the Starboard Bow. There really are!

David Jason's name was thrown into the mix of rumours when that nob Mark Williams Thomas claimed a bbc star was a prolific sex offender and was being protected by the establishment - cue lots of guessing on twitter and DJ was in the frame.

I think it's more likely MWT was talking about a recently deceased chat show presenter (just basing that on his behaviour towards female guests) - regardless tho, MWT is a massive wanker who pretends he's an expert on everything. His claim to have exposed savile for one...fuck off! I live in the arse-end of nowhere with no celeb friends and even I knew about savile before he died - LOTS of people did...if you typed Savile into Google before his death even Google would guess 'is a paedophile' before you finished typing ffs 🙄

Yes there is - it's aliens <stamps foot>.
There's Klingons on the Starboard Bow. There really are!

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Given the video Russel Brand has posted refuting allegations against him in which he literally says he has received two extremely disturbing letters/emails, one from a newspaper and one from a broadcasting channel… surely it’s about him 🤔

I would love for this to be about Tom Cruise and his position of power in the cult of Scientology…. Extremely unlikely. If you’re reading Channel 4, next time?!

That makes the most sense @RunDeeEmCee but it's hardly the biggest news story of the year? Someone's drumming up business

@Mothership4two Exactly. Disappointed that’s it’s both hardly an A-list celeb and also not aliens 😞👽

So Russel Brand is one of the comedians, curious to who the others are..

Charles looked too relaxed today for it to be about Royalty

I think Russell Brand has just beat them all to it and denied the claims according to sky news

It was like this when HE story broke, lots of people being named without any proof and total disregard for anyone’s families.

I suppose one big difference is that, with HE, we knew what the person had done all along, but not who did it. This time, even though one of the names has publicly admitted it, we still don't have any great idea what he/they have done. Guesses seem to range from Savile-like CSA ring to 'being a bit of a letch'.

Agreed. Love for some media channel to investigate the Church of Scientology but I am guessing the church will have shit hot lawyers.

Sky news are sending out breaking news notifications right now

So people should be allowed to behave however they want and no one should be held accountable for their behaviour?

Didn't somebody already do a big expose of the Scientologists some years back - David Miscavige and others? Was it John Simpson?

Indeed. They seem to do a pretty good job of silencing anyone who dares publicise the abuse of the organisation. Although if anyone was going to be ballsy about it, channel 4 is most likely

Yes, there have been a few. But none specifically about the role celebrities play. Tom Cruise in particular.

news.sky.com/story/russell-brand-denies-serious-criminal-allegations-he-claims-are-being-made-against-him-12962257

Well… that’s anticlimactic.