Former Blue Peter presenter says tabloid press had made him out to be an ‘aggressive, sexual monster’

The former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie told a court that claims he had grabbed a woman’s breasts at a Christmas party were “crazy” and “ludicrous”.

Giving evidence at his trial at Southwark crown court, Leslie said in the years preceding the alleged incident he had been made out as an “aggressive, sexual monster” by the tabloid media.

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