BBC reported. <\/a><\/p>\nThe lawyers claimed their client\u2019s reaction would be a result of concern about \u201ctrial by media\u201d rather than wrongdoing, saying that the latter vehemently denied using \u201chis power and position as a celebrity to contact and forge relationships with young women and teenagers to try to have sex with them.\u201d <\/p>\n
An unnamed celebrity is asking a court to keep his identity secret as news organizations attempt to publish sexual misconduct allegations against him. (Seen here: A silhouette of an unknown witness, not involved in this story.) Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/p>\n
The unknown man, referred to as PPT, asked London\u2019s High Court for an injunction, BBC reported. (Seen here: High Court in London.) REUTERS<\/p>\n
The news organizations involved, Guardian News and Media (GNM) and ITN, backed their rights to publish their articles, arguing that there was no legitimate basis \u201cto restrain the publication of public interest journalism\u201d and the celebrity\u2019s \u201csuicide risk\u201d could be lowered.<\/p>\n
According to a medical report, the celebrity could undergo treatment that would improve his mental health significantly but not completely mitigate the risk, per BBC.<\/p>\n
Sara Mansoori KC,\u00a0the attorney representing PPT, said the only reason why the published articles wouldn\u2019t be fatal is that her client would be \u201clocked up and prevented from his desire to end his life.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Mansoori, her client attempted suicide twice after he received notice from GNM and ITN, requesting a comment on the allegations. PPT was released from the hospital after the first attempt and tried again.<\/p>\n
The man\u2019s attorney told the court on Tuesday that article publication would lead to a high chance of him attempting suicide. Getty Images<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis is not a case where an individual has spuriously raised \u2018mental health\u2019 concerns in the face of an impending publication that they do not wish to occur,\u201d Mansoori told the court.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe claimant has attempted suicide twice as a result of these matters, been hospitalised for months, been the subject of involuntary detention and been examined by multiple \u2014 now more than 10 doctors,\u201d the lawyer continued, adding that PPT \u201chas no intention of returning to public life.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for Gavin Millar, the attorney representing ITN and GNM, the news outlets have gathered \u201cnumerous allegations\u201d throughout the \u201cwide-ranging and rigorous investigation,\u201d emphasizing that journalists interviewed 100 people.<\/p>\n
Miller stated that many of the women who have come forward \u201chave been traumatised by the claimant\u2019s alleged conduct and have suffered mental health crises and mental illness as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Guardian and ITN are the outlets pushing to publish the allegations.<\/p>\n
An attorney for the outlets claimed there was high public interest in the case. (Seen here: ITN\u2019s logo.) <\/p>\n
Mr. Justice Nicklin, the judge in the case, agreed there was public interest in the case, saying it was \u201ca difficult and important\u201d one.<\/p>\n
Nicklin confirmed he couldn\u2019t confirm the allegations against the celebrity, saying he was only responsible for determining whether the claims could be published by ITN and Guardian News.<\/p>\n
The judge also urged the public to refrain from speculating about the celebrity\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unnamed male celebrity is fighting to keep his identity secret as several news organizations are attempting to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[91,88,29368,229888,4056],"class_list":["post-896875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-sexual-abuse","tag-sexual-assaults","tag-sexual-misconduct"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}