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2024-01-16 17:34:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7BAB3F21D3503F0645100A1345585CF2EB10802B40DD5F8F01758BBC1BC96356
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Michelle Mone admitted in a TV interview that she and her husband lied about the ownership of one of their companies. She instructed lawyers to threaten newspapers with libel actions for reporting what she now admits is the truth. One of her lawyers publicly apologised. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/19/lawyer-apologises-for-saying-michelle-mone-was-not-linked-to-ppe-firm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLCAqZBvnT4
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