- Friends of the Aussie entertainer interviewed by police on suspicion of sexual misconduct have accused detectives of indiscriminately rounding up suspects and tainting their names.
The Australian celebrity aged in his 80s was nowhere to be seen at his waterfront property in the Berkshire region west of London yesterday; his partner of many years was at home with other relatives, including a man believed to be his son-in-law, but both declined to comment.
However friends have said he has been left almost suicidal by the claims of being guilty by association with the now deceased British celebrity Jimmy Savile, who allegedly sexually abused at least 450 people, mostly children, over a five-decade period.
A friend told the British press the Australian entertainer and children’s TV presenter, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had done nothing wrong.
Giant TV broadcast vans with roof-top satellite dishes and a number of Fleet Street photographers have clogged the small lane-way outside the Aussie star’s home.
Metropolitan Police yesterday announced the man had been formally interviewed under caution by detectives from Operation Yewtree, which was set up to probe allegations about entertainer and national identity Savile – who died last year before revelations emerged about his alleged offences.
Since the revelation first emerged, four other celebrities have been arrested and charged.
The Australian entertainer is the fifth man to be spoken to but, unlike the others, was not arrested - Charles Miranda
