Every Celebrity In The UK Is A Suspect - But Here Is The Name - Kind Of
So, yesterday I e-mailed some people in the UK who told me the name of the person Katie Price said during the taping of her reality show and accused of raping her. It turns out that once you have the name and then Google it in a combination with Katie Price that it is pretty common knowledge at least on message boards.
Of course the name that was given to me is not the first name that was bandied about on the message boards. The first name and a man who has been CLEARED is Warren Furman who was a Gladiator on the UK version of that show. He dated Katie for two years. No one in the media thinks he did it and he was not the person named in the ITV taping, but from now until the end of time if you Google his name, I am sure there will be some kind of tag with rape.
The celebrity Katie named is not really known in the US unless you are a huge sports fan. He also has something in common with a very famous person from a famous family, who recently passed away. That is about as much as I am willing to reveal and I only reveal that because that is the name Katie said to everyone on the set of her show and not because I believe he necessarily a rapist.
From what the police are saying today, I'm not sure there would ever be enough to charge the man with a crime. "Based on our inquiries and the lack of substantiated information - particularly around locations and dates of any allegations - we have recorded an incident, but due to its very historic nature we are dependent on Miss Price's co-operation to formally record a crime and continue any investigation. Should any new information come to light, it will be diligently investigated and this position may be reviewed."
Yesterday Katie was specifically asked about the guy I have semi-hidden above and she refused to make any kind of statement. I wonder now if she wishes she had stayed quiet about the whole thing. I understand about keeping something like this between you and your family and friends, but when you tell an entire production crew the name, then you need to do something about it and not just keep saying the name and accusing someone of doing something without allowing them to defend themselves.
