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24/06/2008
Leslie Faces Fresh 'Rape' Allegations
Former children's TV presenter John Leslie has been arrested in connection with an alleged rape.
Scotland Yard said that a man in his 40s was quizzed over an allegation of rape and sexual assault in November 1995.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Officers are investigating an allegation of rape and indecent assault on a woman.
"He was interviewed and bailed pending further inquiries to a date in late August."
Mr Leslie, a former Blue Peter presenter, has denied the fresh allegations which are believed to have surfaced after a party at his home in Sheen, West London.
Edinburgh-born Leslie was previously arrested on suspicion of rape and indecent assault in December 2002.
He was a top TV personality then, with a £250,000-a-year job as co-presenter of This Morning, when things first went wrong.
However, he denied all the charges and was acquitted in 2004 of two counts of alleged indecent assault on a 23-year-old actress, in May 1997.
Mr Leslie also faced controversy when former co-host Ulrika Jonsson released her autobiography in 2002. While the book did not name him, she wrote that a TV presenter had indecently assaulted her.
But, it is understood he was named later by another TV host, Matthew Wright.
Mr Leslie was then sacked from This Morning in 2002 - following the allegations.
The presenter also featured on Wheel of Fortune and Survivor. He is a former boyfriend of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Abi Titmuss.
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Scotland Yard said that a man in his 40s was quizzed over an allegation of rape and sexual assault in November 1995.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "Officers are investigating an allegation of rape and indecent assault on a woman.
"He was interviewed and bailed pending further inquiries to a date in late August."
Mr Leslie, a former Blue Peter presenter, has denied the fresh allegations which are believed to have surfaced after a party at his home in Sheen, West London.
Edinburgh-born Leslie was previously arrested on suspicion of rape and indecent assault in December 2002.
He was a top TV personality then, with a £250,000-a-year job as co-presenter of This Morning, when things first went wrong.
However, he denied all the charges and was acquitted in 2004 of two counts of alleged indecent assault on a 23-year-old actress, in May 1997.
Mr Leslie also faced controversy when former co-host Ulrika Jonsson released her autobiography in 2002. While the book did not name him, she wrote that a TV presenter had indecently assaulted her.
But, it is understood he was named later by another TV host, Matthew Wright.
Mr Leslie was then sacked from This Morning in 2002 - following the allegations.
The presenter also featured on Wheel of Fortune and Survivor. He is a former boyfriend of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Abi Titmuss.
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The television presenter John Leslie has been charged today with two counts of indecent assault. Mr Leslie, 38, appeared at Forest Gate police station, in east London, where he was charged with two alleged assaults on the same woman in May 1997. He was bailed and will return for a hearing at Bow Street Magistrates Court on July 2.
Ex-ITV presenter faces two indecent assault charges
The television presenter John Leslie has been charged today with two counts of indecent assault. Mr Leslie, 38, appeared at Forest Gate police station, in east London, where he was charged with two alleged assaults on the same woman in May 1997. He was bailed and will return for a hearing at Bow Street Magistrates Court on July 2.
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The television presenter John Leslie has seen the two sex assault charges he was facing dropped by the CPS today. Mr Leslie, 38, had been charged with carrying out two alleged assaults on the same woman in May 1997. However, as was widely predicted in the media, all charges against Mr Leslie were dropped at Southwark Crown Court this morning.
Sex charges against TV presenter are dropped
The television presenter John Leslie has seen the two sex assault charges he was facing dropped by the CPS today. Mr Leslie, 38, had been charged with carrying out two alleged assaults on the same woman in May 1997. However, as was widely predicted in the media, all charges against Mr Leslie were dropped at Southwark Crown Court this morning.
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