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An aide to former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos told an undercover reporter that he was sure Simon Cowell was gay, her drug trial heard yesterday.
The singer’s manager and agent, Gareth Varey, made the extraordinary allegation as he negotiated a £3million fee for her to star in a fictitious Hollywood blockbuster, Southwark Crown Court was told.
Undercover Sun on Sunday reporter Mazher Mahmood posed as a Bollywood film producer offering Contostavlos a leading role in a British Slumdog Millionaire-style movie.
The singer is alleged to have arranged to supply the fake movie mogul with cocaine worth £820 in a bid to secure the role, saying she was desperate to leave The X Factor, where she was being paid £1.5million.
The jury was told that after a drunken night out at a nightclub with Contostavlos in May last year, Mr Mahmood secretly recorded a 2am conversation he had with Mr Varey about The X Factor supremo Cowell.
Mr Mahmood said: ‘Is he gay?’
Slurring his words, Mr Varey answered: ‘Who?’
Mr Mahmood replied: ‘Simon Cowell.’
Mr Varey answered: ‘Yes.’
Mr Mahmood asked: ‘Have you slept with him?’
Mr Varey answered ‘No’, adding ‘One day I will, when I make my move.’
Mr Mahmood continued: ‘But how do you know he is gay?’
Mr Varey replied: ‘I know people who have.’
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The singer’s manager and agent, Gareth Varey, made the extraordinary allegation as he negotiated a £3million fee for her to star in a fictitious Hollywood blockbuster, Southwark Crown Court was told.
Undercover Sun on Sunday reporter Mazher Mahmood posed as a Bollywood film producer offering Contostavlos a leading role in a British Slumdog Millionaire-style movie.
The singer is alleged to have arranged to supply the fake movie mogul with cocaine worth £820 in a bid to secure the role, saying she was desperate to leave The X Factor, where she was being paid £1.5million.
The jury was told that after a drunken night out at a nightclub with Contostavlos in May last year, Mr Mahmood secretly recorded a 2am conversation he had with Mr Varey about The X Factor supremo Cowell.
Mr Mahmood said: ‘Is he gay?’
Slurring his words, Mr Varey answered: ‘Who?’
Mr Mahmood replied: ‘Simon Cowell.’
Mr Varey answered: ‘Yes.’
Mr Mahmood asked: ‘Have you slept with him?’
Mr Varey answered ‘No’, adding ‘One day I will, when I make my move.’
Mr Mahmood continued: ‘But how do you know he is gay?’
Mr Varey replied: ‘I know people who have.’
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