The High Court in London heard that actor Noel Clarke reached out to women he believed were in contact with the Guardian, who were investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Paul Lewis, the Guardian's head of investigations, testified that these calls left some women feeling shaken and fearful, as Clarke sought to persuade them not to speak to the media. Lewis noted that Clarke's claims of conspiracy involving his former mentee, Adam Deacon, were implausible and appeared to aim at obscuring prior misconduct, while also suggesting a willingness to apologise to his alleged victims.
The actor Noel Clarke made calls to some of the women he thought were cooperating with the Guardian prior to the publication of its investigation into his behaviour.
In the calls, Clarke had shown a willingness to apologise to some of his alleged sexual misconduct victims if they did not speak to the Guardian about him.
Mr Clarke was making what struck me as a highly implausible claim: that all 22 women were either fabricating claims about his behaviour.
Lewis said that he had the impression calls made by Clarke and Maza were an attempt at trying to keep a lid on past unethical or inappropriate behaviour.
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