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Philip Green: ‘There was banter but I meant no offence’

Sir Philip Green, the owner of Topshop, has denied sexual harassment and racist abuse of staff, insisting he was only indulging in banter.

The retail tycoon, identified as the businessman who obtained an injunction preventing the reporting of allegations of harassment, said he had not intended to cause offence and complained that he was being used as “target practice”.

In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Green described the past few days as a horror story, and said the furore was injuring his business.

In a news article The Times adds that new claims have emerged, and a feature-length Sunday Times piece looks at whether the uproar over the retail tycoon could end the use of gagging clauses in business.

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