Sounds very dodgy to me.
I mean, obviously he wants to clear his name if he is innocent, but fighting for information NOT to be aired in a court case? I am very curious about these so called witness statements. Though if he was not charged, then surely they have been disregarded by the police anyway?
How did he sue the police too? And why on earth is the amount he sued for relevant at all in this case?
Quote:
The singer originally sued the BBC and South Yorkshire Police.
Mr Justice Mann was told in May 2017 that the dispute with South Yorkshire Police had settled after the force agreed to pay the singer "substantial" damages.
But the judge says he does not know the figure.
BBC bosses say they know how much Sir Cliff was given and want to tell the judge.
Lawyers say the figure is a "material factor" and the judge needs to know. Sir Cliff says he does not consent to Mr Justice Mann being given the figure.
The singer's lawyers say such knowledge could influence Mr Justice Mann's assessment of the amount of damages he might order the BBC to pay.
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This sounds off to me. Why would the BBC be pushing for the judge to know this AND why would Cliff be refusing to give it.
I don't know what I think about his guilt/innocence. But the way this is dragging out..well surely it would be best to just ignore it all and it will eventually go away? There will always be people who think he is guilty (and that will never change, and constantly reminding people of it all will just make more think he is guilty..), and yes the BBC raid footage should not really have happened at all, BUT as a celebrity you should expect some element of publicity when something big happens to you. I feel a bit sorry for him, but I also think he is behaving a bit odd over it all tbh.
I don't understand how he could have sued the police though? They did nothing wrong surely, they acted on an allegation? Unless I missed something, which is very possible as these celeb historical allegations things kind of bore me as surely there would be no way to actually prove anything this late on anyway. Its hard enough to get a conviction for present day sexual assaults and rapes, even with obvious evidence that it did happen rapists and perverts get off with it.