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Story of Minister and Dominatrix Sparks UK Debate Over Media
Source: Associated Press
Story of Minister and Dominatrix Sparks UK Debate Over Media
By JILL LAWLESS, ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Apr 13, 2016, 9:45 AM ET
Have you heard the one about the British politician and the dominatrix? Probably not until now — and critics of the government and the press say that is a problem.
Opposition politicians called Wednesday for a Cabinet minister to give up authority over press regulation after he acknowledged that he had a relationship with a sex worker several years ago — and that several newspapers knew about it but kept quiet.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale says he had a relationship in 2013-14 with a woman he met online and later learned was a sex worker. He says he ended the liaison when he learned someone was trying to sell the story to a tabloid newspaper.
No laws were broken, and the government is standing by Whittingdale, saying he is entitled to a private life.
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None of Britain's scandal-hungry newspapers ran the story of Whittingdale's sex life at the time, although several investigated it. The story resurfaced this week online and in the satirical newspaper Private Eye, which questioned why no newspaper had thought it newsworthy.
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By JILL LAWLESS, ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Apr 13, 2016, 9:45 AM ET
Have you heard the one about the British politician and the dominatrix? Probably not until now — and critics of the government and the press say that is a problem.
Opposition politicians called Wednesday for a Cabinet minister to give up authority over press regulation after he acknowledged that he had a relationship with a sex worker several years ago — and that several newspapers knew about it but kept quiet.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale says he had a relationship in 2013-14 with a woman he met online and later learned was a sex worker. He says he ended the liaison when he learned someone was trying to sell the story to a tabloid newspaper.
No laws were broken, and the government is standing by Whittingdale, saying he is entitled to a private life.
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None of Britain's scandal-hungry newspapers ran the story of Whittingdale's sex life at the time, although several investigated it. The story resurfaced this week online and in the satirical newspaper Private Eye, which questioned why no newspaper had thought it newsworthy.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/story-minister-dominatrix-sparks-uk-debate-media-38357969