John Leslie
In the year of 2002 (Chinese Year of The Horse – coincidence – i think not) it was the turn of the beloved 6’4″ Scot, John Leslie, to lend his Blue Peter tainted hands to a bit of controversy.
In late October Ulrika-ka Jonsson spoke in her truly moving and aptly titled autobiography, Honest, that she had been raped by a television presenter. Cue the morning after release of Honest and Matthew Wright decided to accidentally tell the nation on The Wright Stuff, that this television presenter was none other than big old JL. Ulrika refused to either confirm or deny these allegations which led to two more women coming forward to accuse Leslie before he was eventually convicted of assaulting a woman twice between the 25th & 28th May 1997.
A brief stint on Wheel of Fortune and This Morning proved to go some way toward restoring the public’s faith in him, until he was pictured snorting cocaine in a cafe and took it upon himself to unleash Abi Titmuss on the world of celebrity. A sex tape featuring then girlfriend Titmuss and another woman hit the tabloids and ruined what little credibility he had left (although in all fairness it’s pretty bang on as far as sex tapes go).
It’s hard to guess what really led to Leslie officially losing it.
Was it his need to assault women? Make dirty sex tapes? His liking for doing enough coke to kill a small horse? Or quite possibly his need to keep a box of Blue Peter badges in his car in order to bribe policeman if he was caught speeding? Whichever one it was – he’s definitely no where to be seen. Twat.
