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The Daily Star has paid £20,000 in damages and apologised in open court after falsely claiming that former Big Brother contestant Charley Uchea carried out a sex scam at lap-dancing clubs.

Charley Uchea, who appeared in the eighth series of the Channel 4 reality show, brought the case to London's high court over a June 2007 story on the front page of the Star headlined "Big Bruv Charley's Vice Secret" with an accompanying inside story headed "£500 a night Charley".

The article falsely claimed that Uchea carried out the scam at various clubs, including Stringfellows where she worked.

The alleged scam involved falsely pretending to be willing to accept money for sex and then leaving her "clients" waiting, having stolen their cash. The story also claimed she used to steal designer clothes from West End stores.

Uchea's laywer, Mark Thomson from libel specialists Carter-Ruck, told today's hearing in front of Mr Justice Eady that the Star's publisher, Express Newspapers, initially declined to apologise or withdraw the allegations, but it had now accepted they were completely untrue and had agreed to pay Uchea damages and her legal costs.

The newspaper's solicitor, John Lisners, said it apologised unreservedly, withdrew the allegations and was "pleased to set the record straight".

http://www.theguardian.com/media/200...-charley-uchea

Get money bitch

[smudgie]

Good for her, they should not get away with printing any old dross.

[LukeB]

Her getting more money? I assumed she got like over 100k or more after her BB experience.

Samanda earned a million

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by LukeB

Her getting more money? I assumed she got like over 100k or more after her BB experience.

Samanda earned a million

Seriously?

I thought the only BB housemates to ever make a £1m+ were Craig Philips, Kate Lawler, and Jade Goody.

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Jason.

Seriously?

I thought the only BB housemates to make a £1m+ were Craig Philips, Kate Lawler, and Jade Goody.

yeah, it was pretty obvious they would earn loads tbh but yeah they earned 1 million as well as Brian Belo.

they also done cat walks/modelling for Naomi Campbell

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by LukeB

yeah, it was pretty obvious they would earn loads tbh but yeah they earned 1 million as well as Brian Belo.

they also done cat walks/modelling for Naomi Campbell

Mess. I'm surprised. I didn't think anyone from BB8 would make more than about £300k tbh. Especially more than people from BB7.

[Jason.]

oh wait I found a list from 2009 saying which HM's earned a lot from BB and how much (including presenters)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...ey-list-415225

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Jason.

Mess. I'm surprised. I didn't think anyone from BB8 would make more than about £300k tbh. Especially more than people from BB7.

tbf I was surprised to see they earned that much without any head starts with a winners fee as well. I knew Samanda/Charley/Chanelle will earn the most but not that much

[Jason.]

Charley isn't even on the list that I've linked. I don't think she made that much from BB tbh </3

Not Orlaith racking in half a million though

[LukeB]

Originally Posted by Jason.

oh wait I found a list from 2009 saying which HM's earned a lot from BB and how much (including presenters)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...ey-list-415225

welp, I thought Brian got 1mil must have read wrong.

but Slay Samanda not even winning and getting that much. Not even Nikki getting that much as well which is shocking

[Jason.]

Yeah, I'm surprised by Nikki's amount. She was easily one of the most famous housemates post-BB7, especially in late 2006.

[iRyan]

Get dat $ hunni

[Cal.]

I think Nikki and Aisleyne both earned more than 500k tbh.

[Headie]

Originally Posted by Jason.

oh wait I found a list from 2009 saying which HM's earned a lot from BB and how much (including presenters)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...ey-list-415225

Yass @ Narinder being on that list

Aisleyne said she was one of the few smart ones who invested all her money into property so that's why she hasn't lost all her money yet

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Hayden

Yass @ Narinder being on that list

Aisleyne said she was one of the few smart ones who invested all her money into property so that's why she hasn't lost all her money yet

I think that's what Imogen has done too.

Also, Brian has probably made more than that figure on the list given he presented the show on C5 for two years.

[arista]

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Originally Posted by arista