Jilly Cooper defends Rolf Harris
In this morning’s Richard Kay column in the Daily Mail, it was reported that the author Jilly Cooper took to the defence of her friend the entertainer Rolf Harris before a television appearance in Dublin this weekend.
Two stories to keep beside you
Harris is brushed out
Rolf Harris’ portrait of the Queen disappears After the BBC commissioned Rolf Harris to paint a portrait of the Queen in 2005, the Corporation showed a special episode of Rolf On Art featuring the Australian artist and entertainer working on it.
Rolf Harris: Guilty as charged
As Rolf Harris loses first conviction appeal, we call for him to be stripped of his CBE On Friday, sex offender Rolf Harris lost his first appeal against his conviction for 12 indecent assaults on four girls, including one aged just seven or eight.
Of Harris, who is under investigation for alleged sex offences, Mrs Cooper stated:
“All these women were teenagers saying: ‘Who will we get?’ It’s governed by money. ‘Oh gosh, let’s get £100,000’… It’s completely anonymous. Sweet Rolf Harris, he’s such a friend. Accusations don’t change my view. I love him. In my day it was called making a pass”.
Mrs Cooper’s loyalty could be considered admirable but would she say the same thing of Stuart Hall, Gary Glitter and Jonathan King?
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Innocent unless proven guilty. That’s our law. This is a witch hunt.
Has senility kicked in early,Jilly?. ‘Making a pass” is it? When a famous adult allegedly puts his hand up the skirt of a schoolgirl.and worse.
Jilly Cooper is one of the most irritating of self publicists and the less said about her books the better