Clifford: 'Very distressing' claims
Public relations consultant Max Clifford, who was released on bail after his arrest on suspicion of sexual offences, has said he is "going try and make things as normal as possible" and called the allegations "extremely distressing."
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Max Clifford: Allegations of abuse 'totally untrue'
Allegations against Max Clifford relate to 1977
Max Clfford added that the allegations against him relate to 1977 but he refused to comment on who had brought them.
He has been released on bail until later this month.
Clifford: Allegations are 'very distressing' for my family
Max Clifford made a short statement outside Belgravia Police Station where he has been questioned by police after being arrested on suspicion of sexual offences.
– max cliffordThese allegations are damaging and totally untrue.
On a personal level they are very distressing for myself, my wife, my family and loved ones.
Anyone who really knew me all those years ago ... will have no doubt that I would never act in the way [that] I have today been accused.
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Max Clifford: Allegations are 'damaging and totally untrue'
Publicist Max Clifford has said that the allegations against him are "damaging and totally untrue".
He was speaking outside Belgravia Police Station where was he questioned today.
Clifford: Things happened then that wouldn't happen now
Max Clifford spoke to ITV News last month about how the 1960s and 70s were a different world and abuse could have gone undetected.
Read the full storyLawyer: Clifford to assist police 'as best he can'
Max Clifford's lawyer Charlotte Harris said he would assist the police "as best he can with their inquiries" following his arrest by detectives investigating the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.
A statement said:
– Charlotte HarrisMax Clifford is being interviewed by police.
Mr Clifford will assist the police as best he can with their inquiries.
When we are in a position to provide further information, we will.
Master publicist Clifford at centre of his own story
by Jon Clements - Crime CorrespondentMax Clifford is perhaps Britain's best-known PR.
He is being questioned at a central London police station by the team of detectives set up by the Metropolitan Police to investigate many allegations of historic sexual offences in the aftermath of the Jimmy Savile abuse scandal.
We should stress that there is no direct link here to the claims against Jimmy Savile.
Clifford has guided and advised many celebrities over the last two or three decades and indeed after the Savile scandal broke he was vocal in saying that many older entertainers had come to him to say they were worried about being caught up in the aftermath.
He has also brokered and broken many of the biggest celebrity scandals of the last 20 years.
Today the master publicist has found himself at the centre of his very own story.
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Max Clifford: Allegations of abuse 'totally untrue'
The publicist Max Clifford has spoken out after being arrested by officers investigating the Jimmy Savile abuse allegations.
Read the full storySixth arrest as part of Operation Yewtree
by Jon Clements - Crime CorrespondentToday's arrest is the sixth person to be detained under Operation Yewtree.
Man in 60s arrested by Savile detectives
Police confirmed that a man in his 60s was arrested this morning by detectives working on the Jimmy Savile sex abuse investigation.
– Scotland YardOfficers working on Operation Yewtree have this morning, Thursday 6 December, arrested a man in his 60s [Yewtree 6] in connection with the investigation.
The man from Surrey was arrested at 07:40hrs on suspicion of sexual offences and has been taken into a central London police station.
The individual falls under the strand of the investigation we have termed 'Others'.