Revealed: journalist behind Michelle Mone film also worked as private investigator on her behalf | Michelle Mone
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Revealed: journalist behind Michelle Mone film also worked as private investigator on her behalf | Michelle Mone
by brigadoom
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> The carefully managed media rollout is part of what Mone has called “our fightback”. It is a battle that has been aided by Mark Williams-Thomas, who investigated, produced and presented the YouTube documentary, which was funded by PPE Medpro, and was sitting behind the couple when they were interviewed by the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.
> Williams-Thomas is a former police officer turned award-winning journalist who has a string of successful documentaries for ITV and Netflix. Amid questions last week over his independence in relation to the YouTube documentary, he said he had been “commissioned by PPE Medpro” to produce the film but retained “full editorial control”.
> He said: “We have been totally upfront about who funded the programme and as to why we went down that route, putting in place safeguards to ensure editorial control and as much independence as possible.”
> What Williams-Thomas did not reveal publicly, however, is that, alongside his journalistic role, he has also been working as a private investigator on behalf of Mone, Barrowman and PPE Medpro.
> In addition to trying to orchestrate a reputational comeback for the couple, Williams-Thomas has been assisting his clients in their efforts to hunt for the suspected source of years of Guardian articles revealing that Mone and Barrowman had been lying to the public.
> Details of this side job have not been revealed by Williams-Thomas, perhaps because he has signed a non-disclosure agreement with his clients.
> News of the dual role raises questions about conflicts of interest and the ethics of combining journalism with work as a private investigator.
> It could also prove awkward for the BBC, which may face questions about Williams-Thomas’s involvement in Mone’s big set-piece interview with Kuenssberg.
some cunts gotta flap.
hope she goes to prison.
When I saw the doc was paid for my “PPE Medpro” was an instant nahhhhh