Pianist James Rhodes wins right to publish autobiography telling of abuse
Source: The Guardian
A British performing artist who has been prevented from publishing his autobiography can be named after the UK supreme court lifted the injunction that had banned him from publishing a full account of his own life.
The man who could be identified only as MLA during a year-long series of battles in the English courts is James Rhodes, the internationally-renowned classical pianist.
The publishers of the book, who have been anonymised in previous court reports as STL, are in fact Canongate.
Rhodes’ autobiography details the serious sexual abuse that he suffered as a small child – he suffered spinal damage after being repeatedly raped by one of his teachers – and the way in which his art has helped him to cope with the trauma of his past.
He and Canongate were banned from publishing the book, however, after lawyers representing his ex-wife obtained a temporary injunction, arguing that its descriptions of the sexual abuse were so disturbing that their son would suffer catastrophic psychological distress if he were to read it...
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/20/concert-pianist-james-rhodes-wins-right-to-publish-autobiography
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