The Judge,the Sports Celebrity and the Cuckold ; a Legal Gag Hiding the Identity of an Adulterous Sports Figure has Devastating Implications for the Public's Right to Know

Daily Mail › December 06, 2006

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FAMOUS people could hush up scandals thanks to the gagging order granted this week to a philandering sports celebrity, lawyers warned yesterday.

The public figure claimed his adultery should stay secret because his wife might harm herself if his affair with a married woman was exposed.

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The Judge,the Sports Celebrity and the Cuckold ; a Legal Gag Hiding the Identity of an Adulterous Sports Figure has Devastating Implications for the Public's Right to Know

High Court judge Mr Justice Eady agreed and granted the gagging order.

But yesterday, lawyers said the extraordinary decision could be used by cheating politicians and celebrities to hide their misdemeanours.

Cases similar to John Prescott's affair with his diary secretary might never come to light again because of the ruling described by one legal expert as the 'thin end of the wedge'.

And yesterday, the order was criticised when it emerged that the celebrity's af...

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