Sir Philip Green threatened to “turn gay” and proposition a man in response to new sexual harassment claims as he angrily defied calls to lift gagging orders on his accusers.
The beleaguered billionaire, named last week as the businessman at the centre of Britain’s MeToo scandal, also warned things would get “get horribly, horribly ugly” for the Daily Telegraph if it did not halt its on-going investigation into allegations made against him.
The Telegraph tracked Sir Philip down to his luxury Arizona hideaway to ask him about the mounting accusations and his refusal to lift an injunction preventing this newspaper publishing his alleged victims’ stories.
Meanwhile, The Times reports that peers have been warned to be careful about exercising parliamentary privilege after Lord Hain used it to name Sir Philip Green as the businessman accused of sexual harassment and racism.
