{"id":2775,"date":"2013-05-11T17:01:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T21:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=2775"},"modified":"2013-05-10T17:02:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T21:02:00","slug":"independent-tv-comedian-questioned-over-csa-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2013\/05\/11\/independent-tv-comedian-questioned-over-csa-allegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent TV Comedian Questioned Over CSA Allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3319,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.co.uk\\\/news\\\/uk-22429904&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20241009223336\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.co.uk\\\/news\\\/uk-22429904&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-02 22:42:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 13:16:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 04:34:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-05 12:27:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-12 06:42:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-13 23:20:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 12:05:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 12:05:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, who at the height of his fame appeared more often on Independent Television (ITV) in the UK than the BBC, was the latest person to be interviewed by the police in their enquiry.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC has the story <a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-22429904\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> but\u00a0the\u00a0risk is that\u00a0the parallel enquiry to that of\u00a0Jimmy Savile may end up in an enquiry of its own if their approach will be to fry everyone in the press before charges are brought, and to use Stuart Hall&#8217;s admission as an excuse to tar everyone with the same brush.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, who at the height of his fame appeared more often on Independent Television (ITV) in the UK than the BBC, was the latest person to be interviewed by the police in their enquiry. 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