Dan Wootton has claimed he made “errors of judgment in the past”, while denying “criminal allegations”. The 40-year-old also claimed he's the victim of a smear campaign - as The Sun and the Mail confirmed they are probing allegations made on social media.The GB News presenter broke his silence as he spoke to viewers on his show.
He claimed an ex-lover is on a mission to "destroy his life" following a string of claims which have emerged online, reports the Mirror.Wootton spoke about recognising that he is a “polarising figure” and talking to viewers could mean public attention.
He said: “As a journalist, I feel uncomfortable being the story but I’ve always promised you that this show has no spin and no bias and no censorship so I owe it to you to address this.”Wootton added: “I, like all fallible human beings, have made errors of judgment in the past but the criminal allegations being made against me are simply untrue.“I would like nothing more than to address those spurious claims, I could actually spend the next two hours doing so, but on the advice of my lawyers I cannot comment further.”He also told viewers about how “highly politicised” social media has made him understand the “political threats facing this country”.
Speaking about GB News, Wootton said: “What we’re trying to do here is something different, to give a voice to the long forgotten people of the United Kingdom.”Recent claims online have accused Wootton of offering colleagues large sums of money in return for sexual material.At the weekend, Wootton's ex-partner took to Twitter to claim the journalist - who used to work at The Sun and on ITV's Lorraine and now works as a columnist for MailOnline - had used a pseudonym 'Martin Branning' to carry out his
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