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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jim Waterson and Emine Sinmaz

News UK hires lawyers to look at claims against former Sun columnist

Dan Wootton
Wootton remains on air at GB News, where he delivered a six-minute monologue responding to the claims on Tuesday night. Photograph: Gemma Gravett/GB News/PA

The Sun’s parent company has hired external lawyers to help investigate “very serious” allegations regarding Dan Wootton’s time at the tabloid, the Guardian has been told.

Wootton is facing allegations he used a pseudonym to secretly offer current and former Sun colleagues tens of thousands of pounds in return for sexual material

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