Day 120 - 31/08/2007
Friday
Those of who you that read the blog regularly know how difficult
it has been for us not to respond to many of the slurs against our behaviour
leading up to Madeleines disappearance. We have consistently stated that we
will not put new information into the public domain that might jeopardise the
investigation and in fact, we are constrained by Portuguese Law as witnesses
from doing so.
There has been some wild speculation reported in the press about
what may have happened to Madeleine. Most of the innuendo regarding Kate and me
has died down in light of the statements from the official Portuguese Police
spokesperson. However last Friday, a Portuguese newspaper published a
front-page headline ‘PJ believes that the parents killed Maddie’. We firmly
believe that the report was speculative, defamatory and published despite
official statements to the contrary.
As well as damaging our personal and professional reputations,
such allegations smear the investigation, the campaign to find Madeleine and
cause great offence and anxiety to all our family. This is why, after careful
consideration, we have issued a writ against the newspaper for defamation. Our
focus has, and always will be, on doing our best to help find Madeleine. This
lurid allegation is so serious and wide of the mark that we feel it cannot go
unchallenged.
The legal expenses for the proceedings will not be paid from
Madeleines fund.
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